On The Steps Of The Palace - Stephen Sondheim.mp3

[00:02.367]CINDERELLA
[00:06.430]He's a very smart Prince,
[00:10.027]He's a Prince who prepares.
[00:13.087]Knowing this time I'd run from him,
[00:17.197]He spread pitch on the stairs.
[00:20.937]I was caught unawares.
[00:23.050]And I thought: well, he cares-
[00:26.711]This is more than just malice.
[00:30.708]Better stop and take stock
[00:32.400]While you're standing here stuck
[00:33.628]On the steps of the palace.
[00:37.168]You think, what do you want?
[00:39.797]You think, make a decision.
[00:42.183]Why not stay and be caught?
[00:43.138]You think, well, it's a thought,
[00:44.337]What would be his response?
[00:47.248]But then what if he knew
[00:48.137]Who you were when you know
[00:49.228]That you're not what he thinks
[00:50.480]That he wants?
[00:53.607]And then what if you are?
[00:55.697]What a Prince would envision?
[00:58.169]Although how can you know
[00:59.268]Who you are till you know
[01:00.527]What you want, which you don't?
[01:01.847]So then which do you pick:
[01:03.379]Where you're safe, out of sight,
[01:04.468]And yourself, but where everything's wrong?
[01:07.631]Or where everything's right
[01:09.307]And you know that you'll never belong?
[01:13.577]And whichever you pick,
[01:14.627]Do it quick,
[01:15.407]'Cause you're starting to stick
[01:16.438]To the steps of the palace.
[01:19.899]It's your first big decision,
[01:22.150]The choice isn't easy to make.
[01:24.577]To arrive at a ball
[01:25.880]Is exciting and all-
[01:27.157]Once you're there, though, it's scary.
[01:29.738]And it's fun to deceive
[01:31.016]When you know you can leave,
[01:32.368]But you have to be wary.
[01:35.046]There's a lot that's at stake,
[01:36.156]But you've stalled long enough,
[01:37.431]'Cause you're still standing stuck
[01:38.866]In the stuff on the steps...
[01:40.306]Better run along home
[01:42.286]And avoid the collision.
[01:45.370]Even though they don't care,
[01:46.416]You'll be better of there
[01:47.856]Where there's nothing to choose,
[01:49.136]So there's nothing to lose.
[01:51.737]So you pry up your shoes.
[01:54.696]Then from out of the blue,
[01:58.057]And without any guide,
[02:00.747]You know what your decision is,
[02:02.707]Which is not to decide.
[02:05.046]You'll leave him a clue:
[02:07.068]For example, a shoe.
[02:11.150]And then see what he'll do.
[02:12.447]Now it's he and not you
[02:14.878]Who is stuck with a shoe,
[02:16.368]In a stew, in the goo,
[02:20.827]And you've learned something, too,
[02:22.907]Something you never knew,
[02:25.856]On the steps of the palace.