:39:00
# Than just an ordinary chance #
:39:03
# To live exactly as he likes #
:39:05
# And do precisely what he wants #
:39:07
# An average man, am I #
:39:09
# Of no eccentric whim #
:39:11
# Who likes to live his life #
:39:13
# Free of strife #
:39:15
# Doing whatever he thinks is best for him #
:39:19
# Oh, just an ordinary man #
:39:24
# But let a woman in your life #
:39:27
# And your serenity is through #
:39:30
# She'll redecorate your home
From the cellar to the dome #
:39:33
# Then go on to the enthralling fun
of overhauling you! #
:39:38
# Let a woman in your life #
:39:40
# And you are up against a wall #
:39:43
# Make a plan and you will find
She has something else in mind #
:39:46
# So rather than do either
You do something else that neither #
:39:48
# Likes at all! #
:39:51
# You want to talk of Keats or Milton #
:39:54
# She only wants to talk of love #
:39:56
# You go to see a play or ballet #
:39:59
# And spend it searching for her glove #
:40:02
# Let a woman in your life #
:40:04
# And you invite eternal strife #
:40:07
# Let them buy their wedding bands #
:40:10
# For those anxious little hands #
:40:13
# I'd be equally as willing
For a dentist to be drilling #
:40:16
# Than to ever let a woman in my life! #
:40:21
# I'm a very gentle man #
:40:24
# Even-tempered and good-natured
Whom you never hear complain #
:40:28
# Who has the milk of human kindness
By the quart in every vein #
:40:33
# A patient man am I
Down to my fingertips #
:40:37
# The sort who never could
Ever would #
:40:40
# Let an insulting remark escape his lips #
:40:46
# A very gentle man #
:40:50
# But let a woman in your life #
:40:52
# And patience hasn't got a chance #
:40:55
# She will beg you for advice
Your reply will be concise #
:40:58
# And she'll listen very nicely #
:40:59
# Then go out and do precisely
What she wants! #