Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Sadder but Wiser Girl for Me (From "The Music Man"), artist - Robert Preston
Date of issue: 06.12.2021
Song language: English
The Sadder but Wiser Girl for Me (From "The Music Man") |
Harold: |
No wide-eyed, eager |
Wholesome innocent Sunday school teacher for me |
That kinda girl spins webs no spider ever-- |
Listen, boy-- |
A girl who trades on all that purity |
Merely wants to trade my independence for her security |
The only affirmative she will file |
Refers to marching down the aisle |
No golden, glorious, gleaming pristine goddess-- |
No sir! |
For no Diana do I play faun |
I can tell you that right now |
I snarl, I hiss: How can ignorance be compared to bliss? |
I spark, I fizz for the lady who knows what time it is |
I cheer, I rave for the virtue I’m too late to save |
The sadder-but-wiser girl for me |
No bright-eyed, blushing, breathless baby-doll baby |
Not for me |
That kinda child ties knots no sailor ever knew |
I prefer to take a chance on a more adult romance |
No dewy young miss |
Who keeps resisting all the time she keeps insisting! |
No wide-eyed, wholesome innocent female |
No sir |
Why, she’s the fisherman, I’m the fish you see?--PLOP! |
I flinch, I shy, when the lass with the delicate air goes by |
I smile, I grin, when the gal with a touch of sin walks in |
I hope, and I pray, for a Hester to win just one more «A» |
The sadder-but-wiser girl’s the girl for me |
The sadder-but-wiser girl for me |