In most American musicals, the hero is a little guy (or girl) who doesn't amount to much right now, but dreams of a brighter future. Usually, they do this with an "I Want" Song, where they sing of how this little town is too small and they know there's a great big world out there for them. This is always so the audience can identify with them. Because the hero, just like you, isn't a movie star or a princess or anybody else officially special, but is really special deep down if they try, and (unlike those conformist drones around you) wants to try. The lyric to the song may well include the actual words "I want" or some variant thereof to hammer the point home.
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I Just Can't Wait to Be King
Out There
Go the Distance
Part of Your World
Strangers Like Me
Almost There
When We're Human
When Will My Life Begin
Corner of the Sky
Santa Fe (Newsies)
I Wonder (Sleeping Beauty)
Just Around the Riverbend
Reflection
Touch the Sky
For the First Time in Forever
In Summer
How Far I'll Go
Waiting on a Miracle
Journey To The Past
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