[VLAD] You were born in a palace by the sea [ANYA] A palace by the sea...could it be? [VLAD] Yes, that's right! You rode horseback when you were only three [ANYA] Horseback riding, me? [VLAD] And the horse [DIMITRI] He was white! [VLAD] You made faces and terrorized the cook [DIMITRI] Threw him in the brook! [ANYA] Was I wild? [DIMITRI] Wrote the book! [VLAD] But you'd behave when your father gave that look [DIMITRI] Imagine how it was [VLAD] Your long forgotten past [D & V] We've lots and lots to teach you And the time is going fast [ANYA] All right, I'm ready! [VLAD] Now shoulders back and stand up tall [DIMITRI] And do not walk, but try to float! [ANYA] I feel a little foolish...am I floating? [VLAD] Like a little boat! [DIMITRI] You give a bow [ANYA] What happens now? [VLAD] Your hand receives a kiss [D & V] Most of all remember this... [VLAD] If I can learn to do it You can learn to do it [DIMITRI] Something in ya knows it [D & V] There's nothing to it [VLAD] Follow in my footsteps shoe by shoe [D & V] You can learn to do it too! [VLAD] Now elbows in and sit up straight! [DIMITRI] And never slurp the stroganoff [ANYA] I never cared for stroganoff [VLAD] She said that like a Romanov! [DIMITRI] The samovar! [VLAD] The caviar! [ANYA] Desert and then...goodnight? [D & V] Not until you get this right!
[VLAD] If I can learn to do it [DIMITRI] If he can learn to do it [VLAD] You can learn to do it [DIMITRI] You can learn to do it [VLAD] Pull yourself together [D & V] And you'll pull through it! [VLAD] Tell yourself it's easy [D & V] And it's true You can learn to do it too! [VLAD] Next, we memorize the names of the royalty! Now here we have Kropotkin [DIMITRI] Shot Potempkin [VLAD] In the bu*tkin! [ANYA] Ohh! [VLAD] And dear old Uncle Vanya loved his vodka [DIMITRI] Got it, Anya? [ANYA] No! [VLAD] The Baron Pushkin... [ANYA] He was- [DIMITRI] Short! [VLAD] Count Anatoly [ANYA] Had a- [DIMITRI] Wart! [VLAD] Count Sergei [DIMITRI] Wore a feathered hat! [VLAD] I hear he's gotten very fat! [ANYA] And I recall his yellow cat! [VLAD] I don't believe we told her that! [ANYA] If you can learn to do it I can learn to do it [VLAD] Don't know how you knew it [ANYA] I simply knew it! Suddenly I feel like someone new! [D & V] Anya, you're a dream come true! If I can learn to do it [ANYA] If I can learn to do it [D & V] You can learn to do it [ANYA] You can learn to do it [VLAD] Pull yourself together [ALL] And you'll pull through it! [VLAD] Tell yourself it's easy... [ALL] And it's true! [D & V] You can learn to do it... [ANYA] Nothing to it! [ALL] You can learn to do it too!!!!!