Elizabeth So it was a man! Nothing but a man! Kept the girl alive Jailed as she's been Year after year, duty undone Torn from her home Taken from her people Her son She has lost her ships Been denied the sea She should be destroyed Fallen to her knees Crying for light Gasping for breath Pleading her dire case Praying for life Settling for d**h Begging for my grace I the Queen She the knave, as it were Tell me why is it then It's I who envy her? What does she have I don't have? What does she know I don't know? I who have all I have nothing compared To the dreams she holds fast in her heart... Ever so Grace What can I do I don't do?
What can I bear I don't bear? Chained in a cell, stripped of all that I've known In my heart, in my hope I have more Than is there I will carry on! I will not bow down to them! I will survive for the day When I see once more Both the man I love And the child I bore I who have naught, I have all... Elizabeth I who have all, I have naught... Grace I standing humbled and small... Elizabeth I who hold nations in thrall... Grace All that I've lived Both Only now do I see That a woman in love, It is she, who has all All that I've lived Only now do I see That a woman in love, It is she, who has all.