I'm an Ordinary Man-The Broadway Performers

[ti:I'm An Ordinary Man] [ar:The New Musical Cast] [al:My Fair Lady - The Musical] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I'm an Ordinary Man - The Broadway Performers [00:03.28]I'm an ordinary man [00:05.06] [00:06.78]Who desires nothing more than [00:08.99]Just this ordinary chance [00:11.06]To live exactly as he likes [00:13.35]And do precisely what he wants [00:15.72]An average man am I of no eccentric whim [00:20.25]Who likes to live his life free of strife [00:23.59]Doing whatever he thinks is best for him [00:26.61] [00:28.82]Just an ordinary man [00:30.86] [00:33.96]But let a woman in your life [00:37.33]And your serenity is through [00:40.12]She'll redecorate your home [00:41.69]From the cellar to the dome [00:42.96]And then go on to the enthralling fun [00:45.06]Of overhauling you [00:46.90] [00:48.39]Oh let a woman in your life [00:51.03]And you're up against a wall [00:52.88] [00:53.97]Make a plan and you will find [00:55.46]She has something else in mind [00:56.75]And so rather than do either you do something else [00:58.91]That neither likes at all [01:00.57] [01:02.18]You want to talk of Keats and Milton [01:04.98]She only wants to talk of love [01:07.65]You go to see a play or ballet [01:10.24]And spend it searching for her glove [01:12.60]Oh let a woman in your life [01:15.93]And you invite eternal strife [01:17.87] [01:18.87]Let them buy their wedding bands [01:21.01]For those anxious little hands [01:23.15]I'd be equally as willing for a dentist to be drilling [01:26.44]Than to ever let a woman in my life [01:28.94] [01:31.59]I'm a very gentle man [01:33.83] [01:34.94]Even tempered and good natured [01:37.10]Who you never hear complain [01:39.40]Who has the milk of human kindness [01:41.88]By the quart in every vein [01:44.01]A patient man am I down to my fingertips [01:48.29]The sort who never could ever would [01:51.65]Let an insulting remark escape his lips [01:55.11] [01:56.92]Just an ordinary gentle man [01:59.45] [02:02.19]But Let a woman in your life [02:05.57]And patience hasn't got a chance [02:08.47]She will beg you for advice your reply will be concise [02:11.14]And she will listen very nicely and then go out [02:13.42]And do exactly what she wants [02:15.17] [02:16.65]You are a man of grace and polish [02:19.21]Who never spoke above a hush [02:22.13]All at once you're using language [02:24.97]That would make a sailor blush [02:27.69]Oh let a woman in your life [02:30.32]And you're plunging in a knife [02:33.23]Let the others of my sex tie [02:35.72]The knot around their necks [02:37.68]I prefer a new edition of the Spanish inquisition [02:40.94]Than to ever let a woman in my life [02:43.89] [02:46.10]I'm a quiet living man [02:48.65] [02:49.41]Who prefers to spend the evening [02:51.79]In the silence of his room [02:53.84]Who likes an atmosphere [02:55.77]As restful as an undiscovered tomb [02:58.66]A pensive man am I of philosophical joys [03:02.98]Who likes to meditate contemplate [03:06.16]Free for humanities mad in human noise [03:10.76] [03:11.63]Just a quiet living man [03:14.33] [03:17.35]But let a woman in your life [03:20.52]And your sabbatical is through [03:23.48]In a line [03:24.08]That never ends comes an army of her friends [03:26.20]Come to jabber and to chatter [03:27.56]And to tell her what the matter is with you [03:29.89] [03:31.58]She'll have a booming boisterous family [03:34.34]Who will descend on you uh mass [03:37.03]She'll have a large Wagnerian mother [03:39.82]With a voice that shatters glass [03:42.43]Oh let a woman in your life [03:45.35]Oh let a woman in your life [03:48.01]Let a woman in your life [03:50.48] [04:03.61]I shall never let a woman in my life