Griselda's Waltz

As you walk through the door there's a hugh in the air
And everyone turns as you come down the stair;
Only the prince has the boldness to move
As he walks up and holds out his hand.
And you take it in yours as the band starts to play;
And you're lost in his arms as you're waltzing away...
Mother is livid, with fire in her eyes:
She wanted the prince to choose me.

Your gown is so lovely, no wonder they stare:
All white and bejeweled like a princess would wear.
But it isn't the silk and it isn't the jewels;
It's the light in your eyes and your smile.
For it's there just the same when we see you at home
All covered in soot and your hair all uncombed,
It only took vision, and courage, and soap
And some magic to come to the ball.

As you dance through the night with the prince in your arms
I sit by the wall and I envy your charms;
And I wonder if magic could do that for me--
If magic is there for us all.

There's a carriage outside with a footman and all.
It belongs to the man who brought us to the ball:
An old orange thing that he had in the barn--
A favor he did on the side.
Now the footman's a lizard when girls are around,
But any smart woman can put him right down.
The driver's a mouse who's afraid of his wife:
He has to be home before one.

The jewels were your father's, he hid long ago
In a box in the attic where mother won't go.
Ever since she's had you doing all of the work
She never knows what goes on.
The silk was there too, on the back of a shelf.
If a thing's too expensive, just do it yourself.
The style is the latest we saw in a store.
We sewed on it half of last night.

As you dance through the night with the prince in your arms
I sit by the wall and I envy your charms;
And I wonder if magic could do that for me--
If magic is there for us all.

The hour's getting late; keep the plan in your mind.
Be sure to leave one of your slippers behind.
The furrier who made them will have our address:
That's why it's the one thing we bought.
And thanks for undoing what mother had done;
Now I know that two sisters are better than one.
And I'll have my turn to be belle of the ball
Now that I have a friend in the court.

As you dance through the night with the prince in your arms
I sit by the wall and I envy your charms;
But I magic we made magic together tonight,
And that magic is there
Magic is there for us all.