Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Act I: The Sadder-but-Wiser Girl for Me, artist - Robert PrestonDate of issue: 13.10.2014
Song language: English
Act I: The Sadder-but-Wiser Girl for Me |
| 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 |