I'm An Ordinary Man-The New Musical Cast

[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 New Musical Cast [00:03.73]I'm an ordinary man [00:05.51] [00:07.23]Who desires nothing more than [00:09.44]Just this ordinary chance [00:11.51]To live exactly as he likes [00:13.80]And do precisely what he wants [00:16.17]An average man am I of no eccentric whim [00:20.70]Who likes to live his life free of strife [00:24.04]Doing whatever he thinks is best for him [00:27.06] [00:29.27]Just an ordinary man [00:31.31] [00:34.41]But let a woman in your life [00:37.78]And your serenity is through [00:40.57]She'll redecorate your home [00:42.14]From the cellar to the dome [00:43.41]And then go on to the enthralling fun [00:45.51]Of overhauling you [00:47.35] [00:48.84]Oh let a woman in your life [00:51.48]And you're up against a wall [00:53.33] [00:54.42]Make a plan and you will find [00:55.91]She has something else in mind [00:57.20]And so rather than do either you do something else [00:59.35]That neither likes at all [01:01.01] [01:02.62]You want to talk of Keats and Milton [01:05.42]She only wants to talk of love [01:08.09]You go to see a play or ballet [01:10.68]And spend it searching for her glove [01:13.04]Oh let a woman in your life [01:16.37]And you invite eternal strife [01:18.31] [01:19.31]Let them buy their wedding bands [01:21.45]For those anxious little hands [01:23.59]I'd be equally as willing for a dentist to be drilling [01:26.88]Than to ever let a woman in my life [01:29.38] [01:32.03]I'm a very gentle man [01:34.27] [01:35.38]Even tempered and good natured [01:37.54]Who you never hear complain [01:39.84]Who has the milk of human kindness [01:42.32]By the quart in every vein [01:44.45]A patient man am I down to my fingertips [01:48.73]The sort who never could ever would [01:52.09]Let an insulting remark escape his lips [01:55.55] [01:57.36]Just an ordinary gentle man [01:59.89] [02:02.63]But Let a woman in your life [02:06.01]And patience hasn't got a chance [02:08.91]She will beg you for advice your reply will be concise [02:11.58]And she will listen very nicely and then go out [02:13.86]And do exactly what she wants [02:15.61] [02:17.09]You are a man of grace and polish [02:19.65]Who never spoke above a hush [02:22.57]All at once you're using language [02:25.41]That would make a sailor blush [02:28.13]Oh let a woman in your life [02:30.76]And you're plunging in a knife [02:33.67]Let the others of my sex tie [02:36.16]The knot around their necks [02:38.12]I prefer a new edition of the Spanish inquisition [02:41.38]Than to ever let a woman in my life [02:44.33] [02:46.54]I'm a quiet living man [02:49.09] [02:49.85]Who prefers to spend the evening [02:52.23]In the silence of his room [02:54.28]Who likes an atmosphere [02:56.21]As restful as an undiscovered tomb [02:59.10]A pensive man am I of philosophical joys [03:03.42]Who likes to meditate contemplate [03:06.61]Free for humanities mad in human noise [03:11.21] [03:12.08]Just a quiet living man [03:14.78] [03:17.80]But let a woman in your life [03:20.97]And your sabbatical is through [03:23.93]In a line [03:24.53]That never ends comes an army of her friends [03:26.65]Come to jabber and to chatter [03:28.01]And to tell her what the matter is with you [03:30.34] [03:32.03]She'll have a booming boisterous family [03:34.79]Who will descend on you uh mass [03:37.48]She'll have a large Wagnerian mother [03:40.27]With a voice that shatters glass [03:42.88]Oh let a woman in your life [03:45.80]Oh let a woman in your life [03:48.46]Let a woman in your life [03:50.93] [04:04.06]I shall never let a woman in my life