I'm An Ordinary Man-Rex Harrison/Franz Allers/The My Fair Lady Orchestra

[ti:I'm An Ordinary Man] [ar:Original Broadway Cast Recordi] [al:My Fair Lady] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I'm An Ordinary Man (《窈窕淑女》百老汇插曲) - Rex Harrison/Franz Allers/The My Fair Lady Orchestra [00:23.83]I'm an ordinary man [00:25.33] [00:26.20]Who desires nothing more than just this ordinary chance [00:30.13] [00:30.75]To live exactly as he likes and do precisely what he wants [00:35.49]An average man am I of no eccentric whim [00:40.25]Who likes to live his life free of strife [00:43.85]Doing whatever he thinks is best for him [00:46.72] [00:49.28]Just an ordinary man [00:51.71] [00:54.15]But let a woman in your life and your serenity is through [00:59.00] [01:00.26]She'll redecorate your home from the cellar to the dome [01:03.26]And then go on to the enthralling fun of overhauling you [01:06.77] [01:08.52]Oh let a woman in your life and you're up against a wall [01:13.47]Make a plan and you will find [01:15.93]She has something else in mind [01:17.18]And so rather than do either you do something else [01:19.11]That neither likes at all [01:20.61] [01:22.49]You want to talk of Keats and Milton [01:24.73] [01:25.29]She only wants to talk of love [01:27.29] [01:28.04]You go to see a play or ballet and spend it searching for her glove [01:33.24]Oh let a woman in your life [01:34.97] [01:36.28]And you invite eternal strife [01:37.84] [01:39.71]Let them buy their wedding bands for those anxious little hands [01:45.33] [01:46.51]I'd be equally as willing for a dentist to be drilling [01:50.13]Than to ever let a woman in my life [01:52.13] [01:56.25]I'm a very gentle man [01:57.81] [01:58.75]Even tempered and good natured [02:00.70] [02:01.57]Who you never hear complain [02:03.32]Who has the milk of human kindness [02:05.69]By the quart in every vein [02:07.81]A patient man am I down to my fingertips [02:11.45] [02:12.40]The sort who never could ever would [02:15.58]Let an insulting remark escape his lips [02:18.20] [02:21.19]Just an ordinary man [02:23.62] [02:26.18]But Let a woman in your life [02:27.87] [02:29.24]And patience hasn't got a chance [02:30.81] [02:32.11]She will beg you for advice your reply will be concise [02:35.17]And she will listen very nicely and then go out [02:36.86]And do exactly what she wants [02:38.41] [02:40.28]You are a man of grace and polish [02:43.09]Who never spoke above a hush [02:44.91] [02:45.72]All at once you're using language [02:48.02]That would make a sailor blush [02:50.58] [02:51.27]Oh let a woman in your life [02:53.52]And you're plunging in a knife [02:55.23] [02:57.11]Let the others of my sex tie the knot around their necks [03:02.72] [03:03.84]I prefer a new edition of the Spanish inquisition [03:07.65]Than to ever let a woman in my life [03:10.47] [03:14.09]I'm a quiet living man [03:15.60] [03:16.72]Who prefers to spend the evening in the silence of his room [03:20.96]Who likes an atmosphere as restful as an undiscovered tomb [03:25.61]A pensive man am I of philosophical joys [03:29.27] [03:29.83]Who likes to meditate contemplate [03:32.22]Free for humanities mad in human noise [03:37.04] [03:38.85]Just a quiet living man [03:41.46] [03:44.15]But let a woman in your life and your sabbatical is through [03:49.10] [03:49.91]In a line that never ends comes an army of her friends [03:52.79]Come to jabber and to chatter [03:54.08]And to tell her what the matter is with you [03:55.53] [03:58.09]She'll have a booming boisterous family [04:00.39] [04:00.90]Who will descend on you uh mass [04:03.64]She'll have a large Wagnerian mother [04:06.39]With a voice that shatters glass [04:09.13]Oh let a woman in your life [04:10.88] [04:11.69]Oh let a woman in your life [04:13.31] [04:14.45]Let a woman in your life [04:15.69] [04:28.67]I shall never let a woman in my life