One Hundred Easy Ways To Lose A Man lyrics translation: BERNSTEIN LEONARD One Hundred Easy Ways To Lose A Man song texte and letras BERNSTEIN LEONARD One Hundred Easy Ways To Lose A Man tab, paroles and testo BERNSTEIN LEONARD One Hundred Easy Ways To Lose A Man Karaoke and Music Video - none yet
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
music by Leonard Bernstein
RUTH
NOW THE FIRST WAY TO LOSE A MAN --
YOUVE MET A CHARMING FELLOW AND YOURE OUT FOR A SPIN.
THE MOTOR FAILS AND HE JUST WEARS A HELPLESS GRIN,
DONT BAT YOUR EYES AND SAY, WHAT A ROMANTIC SPOT WERE IN.
Just get out, crawl under the car, tell him its the gasket and fix it in two seconds flat with a bobby pin.
THATS A GOOD WAY TO LOSE A MAN.
HE TAKES YOU TO A BASEBALL GAME,
YOU SIT KNEE TO KNEE.
HE SAYS, THE NEXT MAN UP AT BAT WILL BUNT, YOULL SEE.
DONT SAY, OOOH, WHATS A BUNT? THIS GAMES TOO HARD FOR LITTLE ME.
Just say, Bunt? Are you nuts?!! With no outs, two men on base, and a left-handed batter coming up, youll walk right into a triple play just like it happened in the fifth game of the World Series in 1923.
THATS A SURE WAY TO LOSE A MAN.
A SURE SURE SURE SURE WAY TO LOSE A MAN,
A SPLENDID WAY TO LOSE A MAN.
JUST THROW YOUR KNOWLEDGE IN HIS FACE,
HELL NEVER TRY FOR SECOND BASE.
Ninety-eight ways to go.
THE THIRD WAY TO LOSE A MAN --
THE LIFE-GUARD AT THE BEACH THAT ALL THE GIRLIES ADORE
SWIMS BRAVELY OUT TO SAVE YOU THROUGH THE OCEANS ROAR,
DONT SAY, OH, THANKS, I WOULD HAVE DROWNED IN JUST ONE SECOND MORE.
Just push his head under water and yell, Last one in is a rotten egg and race him back to shore!
THATS A SWELL WAY TO LOSE A MAN.
YOUVE FOUND YOUR PERFECT MATE AND ITS BEEN LOVE FROM THE START.
HE WHISPERS, YOURE THE ONE TO WHO I GIVE MY HEART.
DONT SAY, I LOVE YOU TOO, MY DEAR, LETS NEVER NEVER PART.
Just say, Im afraid youve made a grammatical error -- its not To who I give my heart, it`s To whom I give my heart -- You see, with the use of the preposition to, who becomes the indirect object, making the use of whom imperative which I can easily show you by drawing a simple chart --
THATS A FINE WAY TO LOSE A MAN.
A FINE FINE FINE FINE WAY TO LOSE A MAN,
A DANDY WAY TO LOSE A MAN.
JUST BE MORE WELL-INFORMED THAN HE,
YOULL NEVER HEAR O, PROMISE ME.
JUST SHOW HIM WHERE HIS GRAMMAR ERRS,
THEN MARK YOUR TOWELS HERS AND HERS.