Lyrics The Boy Friend - Original London Cast

The Boy Friend

Any girl who’s reached the age
Of seventeen or thereabout
Has but one desire in view
She knows she has reached the stage
Of needing one to care about
Nothing else will really do
Childhood games are left behind
And her heart takes wing
Hoping that it soon will find
Just one thing
We’ve got to have
We plot to have
For it’s so dreary not to have
That certain thing called the boy friend
We dream about
And scheme about
And we’ve been known to scream about
That certain thing called the boy friend
He is really a necessity
If you want to get on
And we might as well confess it, he
Is a sine qua non
We sigh for him
And cry for him
And we would gladly die for him
That certain thing called the boy friend
We need to have
We plead to have
In fact, our poor hearts bleed to have
That certain thing called the boy friend
We’d save for him
And slave for him
We’d even misbehave for him
That certain thing called the boy friend
Life without us is quite impossible
And devoid of all charms
No amount of idle gossip’ll
Keep them out of our arms
We’re blue without
Can’t do without
Our dreams just can’t come true without
That certain thing called the boyfriend
(dance break)
We’re blue without
Can’t do without
Our dreams just can’t come true without
That certain thing called the boyfriend