The Waking Of The Queen Lyrics - Original Broadway Cast

ELIZABETH 

Yesterday they crowned my head, 

Anointed me as Queen 

The girl that I once was is dead 

And what is here 

Must never be ... seen 

Bring our robes 

As we leave bed 

Do not look, not once, 

or it's your head! 

Each day at dawn when I choose to arise 

For one moment I'll stand here revealed: 

Something female men crave and despise 

Which must now be concealed 

Men in England think a female can't rule 

They think women lack the masculine will to lead 

If my sex distracts them - I am no fool 

They will only see the monarch they need