I'm an Ordinary Man (From " My Fair Lady")-Rex Harrison/Franz Allers

[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 (From " My Fair Lady") - Rex Harrison/Franz Allers [00:24.08]I'm an ordinary man [00:25.58] [00:26.45]Who desires nothing more than just this ordinary chance [00:30.38] [00:31.00]To live exactly as he likes and do precisely what he wants [00:35.74]An average man am I of no eccentric whim [00:40.50]Who likes to live his life free of strife [00:44.10]Doing whatever he thinks is best for him [00:46.97] [00:49.53]Just an ordinary man [00:51.96] [00:54.40]But let a woman in your life and your serenity is through [00:59.25] [01:00.51]She'll redecorate your home from the cellar to the dome [01:03.51]And then go on to the enthralling fun of overhauling you [01:07.02] [01:08.77]Oh let a woman in your life and you're up against a wall [01:13.72]Make a plan and you will find [01:16.18]She has something else in mind [01:17.43]And so rather than do either you do something else [01:19.36]That neither likes at all [01:20.86] [01:22.74]You want to talk of Keats and Milton [01:24.98] [01:25.54]She only wants to talk of love [01:27.54] [01:28.29]You go to see a play or ballet and spend it searching for her glove [01:33.49]Oh let a woman in your life [01:35.22] [01:36.53]And you invite eternal strife [01:38.09] [01:39.96]Let them buy their wedding bands for those anxious little hands [01:45.58] [01:46.76]I'd be equally as willing for a dentist to be drilling [01:50.38]Than to ever let a woman in my life [01:52.38] [01:56.50]I'm a very gentle man [01:58.06] [01:59.00]Even tempered and good natured [02:00.95] [02:01.82]Who you never hear complain [02:03.57]Who has the milk of human kindness [02:05.94]By the quart in every vein [02:08.06]A patient man am I down to my fingertips [02:11.70] [02:12.65]The sort who never could ever would [02:15.83]Let an insulting remark escape his lips [02:18.45] [02:21.44]Just an ordinary man [02:23.87] [02:26.43]But Let a woman in your life [02:28.12] [02:29.49]And patience hasn't got a chance [02:31.06] [02:32.36]She will beg you for advice your reply will be concise [02:35.42]And she will listen very nicely and then go out [02:37.11]And do exactly what she wants [02:38.66] [02:40.53]You are a man of grace and polish [02:43.34]Who never spoke above a hush [02:45.16] [02:45.97]All at once you're using language [02:48.27]That would make a sailor blush [02:50.83] [02:51.52]Oh let a woman in your life [02:53.77]And you're plunging in a knife [02:55.48] [02:57.36]Let the others of my sex tie the knot around their necks [03:02.97] [03:04.09]I prefer a new edition of the Spanish inquisition [03:07.90]Than to ever let a woman in my life [03:10.72] [03:14.34]I'm a quiet living man [03:15.85] [03:16.97]Who prefers to spend the evening in the silence of his room [03:21.21]Who likes an atmosphere as restful as an undiscovered tomb [03:25.86]A pensive man am I of philosophical joys [03:29.52] [03:30.08]Who likes to meditate contemplate [03:32.47]Free for humanities mad in human noise [03:37.29] [03:39.10]Just a quiet living man [03:41.71] [03:44.40]But let a woman in your life and your sabbatical is through [03:49.35] [03:50.16]In a line that never ends comes an army of her friends [03:53.04]Come to jabber and to chatter [03:54.33]And to tell her what the matter is with you [03:55.78] [03:58.34]She'll have a booming boisterous family [04:00.64] [04:01.15]Who will descend on you uh mass [04:03.89]She'll have a large Wagnerian mother [04:06.64]With a voice that shatters glass [04:09.38]Oh let a woman in your life [04:11.13] [04:11.94]Oh let a woman in your life [04:13.56] [04:14.70]Let a woman in your life [04:15.94] [04:28.92]I shall never let a woman in my life