[FLYNN]
Once a beautiful queen and noble king
Ruled a city upon a hill
They had a baby well on the way, but then one day
Her royal highness took deathly ill

And as her sickness grew graver
And nothing could save her
A sage told a legend of old

[KING FREDERIC, spoken]
Yes?

[SAGE, spoken]
The flower of gold

[KING FREDERIC, spoken]
What's that?

[SAGE, spoken]
Only a story sire, a myth! But maybe...

[KING FREDERIC, spoken]
Tell me!

[SAGE]
When the world was begun, a drop of sun
Fell to earth and became a flower
[KING FREDERIC, spoken]
Go on

[SAGE]
Instead of giving off a perfume, its golden bloom
Glows with magical healing powers

[KING FREDERIC, spoken]
Mеn, gather round!

[FLYNN]
The king demandеd his guard

[KING FREDERIC]
Find it now! No holds barred!
Ere the queen's final death bell has tolled
This flower of gold

[GUARDS]
Yes, sire!

[FLYNN]
Now the tale was true
For indeed it grew
Hidden by a twisted old crone
Who for centuries alone
Kept the secret of what it could do
[MOTHER GOTHEL]
Flower, gleam and glow...
Let your power shine...
Make the clock reverse
Bring back what once was mine...
What once was mine

[GUARD, spoken]
Look, there it is!

[FLYNN]
Up they shovelled it, and with flower in hand
Back they rode to the desperate king

[SAGE]
The sages brewed the leaves in a tea and instantly
Cured her highness of everything

[FLYNN]
And on that very same morn
A sweet princess was born

[MIDWIFE]
And her hair was a sight to behold

[KING FREDERIC]
Like a flower of gold
[QUEEN ARIANNA]
Flower of gold

[ALL]
A flower of gold

[FLYNN]
And their joy was rare
But guess who was there
Hiding in the nursery that night
To make use of the light
Shining bright in the princess's hair

[MOTHER GOTHEL]
Flower, gleam and glow
Let your power—

[FLYNN]
But the magic left when she cut off a strand

[MOTHER GOTHEL, spoken]
No!

[FLYNN]
So instead the lady took matters in hand

[QUEEN ARIANNA, spoken]
No my baby! No!

[ALL]
Flower of gold
Flower of gold

[SAGE]
Eighteen years have gone by; how fast they fly!

[MIDWIFE]
Still the princess has not been seen

[MAIDS]
And every year the day she was born, the people mourn

[MIDWIFE]
No one more than the king and queen

[ALL]
Still every year on that night
We set lanterns alight
And we pray she'll return to the fold

[QUEEN ARIANNA]
Flower of gold

[KING FREDERIC]
Our flower of gold

[ALL]
Our flower of gold
Ah...
Our flower of gold