Lyrics: The Magnetic Fields. In an Operetta.

Sing me the kind of song you hear in an operetta
In an operetta
Sing me the words I long to hear out of Violetta
In an operetta

She will fast be outcast from her castle with nary a friend
But since she's a princess, there's hints of a prince in the end
She'll enjoy some employ as a boy with her name changed to Pip
Soon by gum she'll become the brave captain of some pirate ship

Singing a thing fit for a King in an operetta
In an operetta
It's the all singing all dancing, Princess Violetta of the operetta
In an operetta, within an operetta