:40:01
"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
:40:32
"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
:40:49
"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!
:41:03
"You were a man of grace and polish
:41:06
"Who never spoke above a hush
:41:08
"Now all at once you're using language
:41:11
"That would make a sailor blush
:41:14
"Let a woman in your life
:41:16
"And you're plunging in a knife!
:41:19
"Let the others of my sex
:41:22
"Tie the knot around their necks
:41:25
"I'd prefer a new edition
Of the Spanish Inquisition
:41:28
"Than to ever let a woman in my life
:41:34
"I'm a quiet-living man
:41:37
"Who prefers to spend the evenings
:41:39
"In the silence of his room
:41:41
"Who likes an atmosphere as restful
:41:43
"As an undiscovered tomb
:41:45
"A pensive man am I
Of philosophic joys
:41:49
"Who likes to meditate, contemplate
:41:53
"Free from humanity's mad, inhuman noise
:41:59
"A quiet-living man