《I’m An Ordinary Man》歌词

[00:04:33] PICKERING: Higgins, forgive the bluntness,

[00:04:33] But if I'm to be in this business

[00:04:33] I shall feel responsible for the girl.

[00:04:33] I hope it's clearly understood

[00:04:33] that no advantage is to be taken of her position.

[00:04:33] PROF. HIGGINS. What! That thing? Sacred, I assure you.

[00:04:33] PICKERING. Come now, Higgins, you know what I mean.

[00:04:33] This is no trifling matter.

[00:04:33] Are you a man of good character where women are concerned?

[00:04:33] PROF. HIGGINS: Have you ever met a man of good character

[00:04:33] where women are concerned?

[00:04:33] PICKERING. Yes, very frequently.

[00:04:33] PROF. HIGGINS. Well, I haven't.

[00:04:33] I find that the moment I let any woman make friends with me,

[00:04:33] She becomes jealous, exacting, suspicious, and a damned nuisance.

[00:04:33] And I find that the moment that I make friends with a woman,

[00:04:33] I become selfish and tyrannical.

[00:04:33] So here I am, a confirmed old bachelor, and likely to remain so.

[00:04:33] Well after all, Pickering,

[00:04:33] I'm an ordinary man,

[00:04:33] Who desires nothing more than just an ordinary chance,

[00:04:33] To live exactly as he likes, and do precisely what he wants...

[00:04:33] An average man am I,

[00:04:33] Of no eccentric whim,

[00:04:33] Who likes to live his life, free of strife,

[00:04:33] Doing whatever he thinks is best for him,

[00:04:33] Well... just an ordinary man...

[00:04:33] BUT, let a woman in your life

[00:04:33] And your serenity is through,

[00:04:33] She'll redecorate your home,

[00:04:33] From the cellar to the dome,

[00:04:33] And then go to the enthralling fun of overhauling you...

[00:04:33] Let a woman in your life,

[00:04:33] And you're up against a wall,

[00:04:33] Make a plan and you will find,

[00:04:33] She has something else in mind,

[00:04:33] And so rather than do either

[00:04:33] You do something else that neither likes at all.

[00:04:33] You want to talk of Keats or Milton,

[00:04:33] She only wants to talk of love,

[00:04:33] You go to see a play or ballet,

[00:04:33] And spend it searching for her glove,

[00:04:33] Let a woman in your life

[00:04:33] And you invite eternal strife,

[00:04:33] Let them buy their wedding bands

[00:04:33] For those anxious little hands...

[00:04:33] I'd be equally as willing for a dentist to be drilling

[00:04:33] Than to ever let a woman in my life.

[00:04:33] I'm a very gentle man,

[00:04:33] Even-tempered and good-natured

[00:04:33] Whom you never hear complain,

[00:04:33] Who has the milk of human kindness by the quart in every vein,

[00:04:33] A patient man am I,

[00:04:33] Down to my fingertips,

[00:04:33] The sort who never could, ever would,

[00:04:33] Let an insulting remark escape his lips.

[00:04:33] A very gentle man...

[00:04:33] BUT, let a woman in your life,

[00:04:33] And patience hasn't got a chance.

[00:04:33] She will beg you for advice,

[00:04:33] Your reply will be concise,

[00:04:33] And she'll listen very nicely,

[00:04:33] And go out and do precisely what she wants!

[00:04:33] You are a man of grace and polish

[00:04:33] Who never spoke above a hush,

[00:04:33] Now all at once you're using language

[00:04:33] That would make a sailor blush,

[00:04:33] Let a woman in your life,

[00:04:33] And you're plunging in a knife,

[00:04:33] Let the others of my sex,

[00:04:33] Tie the knot around their necks,

[00:04:33] I'd prefer a new edition of the Spanish Inquisition

[00:04:33] Than to ever let a woman in my life.

[00:04:33] I'm a quiet living man,

[00:04:33] Who prefers to spend the evenings

[00:04:33] In the silence of his room,

[00:04:33] Who likes an atmosphere as restful

[00:04:33] As an undiscovered tomb,

[00:04:33] A pensive man am I,

[00:04:33] Of philosophic joys,

[00:04:33] Who likes to meditate, comtemplate,

[00:04:33] Free from humanity's mad inhuman noise;

[00:04:33] A quiet living man...

[00:04:33] BUT, let a woman in your life,

[00:04:33] And your sabbatical is through,

[00:04:33] In a line that never ends

[00:04:33] Come an army of her friends,

[00:04:33] Come to jabber, and to chatter,

[00:04:33] And to tell her what the matter is with YOU!

[00:04:33] She'll have a booming boisterous family,

[00:04:33] Who will descend on you en mass,

[00:04:33] She'll have a large wagnerian mother,

[00:04:33] With a voice that shatters glass.

[00:04:33] Let a woman in your life,

[00:04:33] Let a woman in your life,

[00:04:33] I shall never let a woman in my life.