LentCopyright 2000 Stan Lynessfast 2/2 jazz or show tune, female voice |
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I'm givin' up men for Lent
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and the rest of the year as well.
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My patience with them is spent
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I'm crawlin' back in my shell.
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No rushin' from soothing showers
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to answer a telephone ring,
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then shavin' my legs for hours
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for dinner at Burger King.
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I'm endin' my pinin',
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my hopin', my wishin',
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I'm hereby resignin'
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from all competition.
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I never will be again
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half crazy enough to spend
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the energy women waste
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on chasin' and bein' chased.
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I've covered my face with goos;
I've stumbled on stilted shoes -
and all of this just to be
mistreated so miserably.
I don't need the trouble,
let other girls have it.
I'm ending the struggle.
I'm kicking the habit.
I thought I had come upon
a man who could prove me wrong,
who tenderly treated me
to lovin' and honesty.
So honest was he in fact
that, after a dozen dates,
I finally could extract
why we never went to his place:
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You see, he lived with his mother,
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his wife, and his children,
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"but somehow or other
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it'll work out" - it worked out - I killed him.
I'm givin' up men for Lent
and the rest of the year as well.
My patience with them is spent.
I'm crawlin' back in my shell.
I know it's an awful price,
but I'm willin' to do without.
I'm makin' the sacrifice
'cause that is what Lent's about.
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