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This I Vow - Part 2


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MARGET
SOMEDAY YOU MAY STAND ON YOUR OWN, CHOOSE YOUR WAY.
FOR NOW YOU SHOULD BE STILL AND LEARN TO WAIT.
THAT TIME MAY SOON ARRIVE, BUT FOR NOW WE MUST SURVIVE.
THIS YOU MUST ACCEPT - THIS IS OUR FATE.

JOANNA
DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU RISK, WHAT YOU’LL LOSE?
YOU TRADE YOUR FREEDOM TO BECOME A SLAVE!

MARGET
DON’T BE FOOLISH GIRL, WE’RE ABOUT TO HAVE IT ALL!
I PROMISE THAT WE WILL – YOU MUST BE BRAVE.

THIS I VOW, THIS I VOW. I WILL MAKE YOU PROUD.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHO I’LL BE? I’LL BE QUEEN!
THE TROUBLES IN OUR LIFE WILL DISAPPEAR.

JOANNA
I’LL NOT BE CONTAINED, LIKE A JACKASS WHIPPED AND TRAINED,
CHASING CARROTS OR BEATEN DOWN BY FEAR.

THIS I VOW, THIS I VOW. I WILL MAKE YOU PROUD.
THIS I VOW, THIS I VOW.

I’LL NEVER YIELD TO MEN
NO MATTER THAT THEY TRY TO TIE
A NOOSE CALLED LOVE AROUND MY THROAT.

MARGET & JOANNA (overlapping)
M: I CAN’T DREAM LIKE THEE,
J:                 I CAN’T LIVE LIKE THEE,
M: GIVE UP SECURITY,
J:               GIVE UP A WORLD SO FREE

MARGET
OUR FUTURE IS ENSURED – INSIDE THE MOAT.

JOANNA
I’LL NEVER BEND, I’LL NEVER YIELD!

MARGET & JOANNA
THIS I VOW, THIS I VOW. I WILL MAKE YOU PROUD.
THIS I VOW, THIS I VOW, THIS I VOW.