The Music Man movie - The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl For Me lyrics

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Harold:<br>

No wide-eyed, eager,<br>

Wholesome innocent Sunday school teacher for me.<br>

That kinda girl spins webs no spider ever--<br>

Listen, boy--<br>

A girl who trades on all that purity<br>

Merely wants to trade my independence for her security.<br>

The only affirmative she will file<br>

Refers to marching down the aisle.<br>

No golden, glorious, gleaming pristine goddess--<br>

No sir! <br>

For no Diana do I play faun.<br>

I can tell you that right now. <br>

I snarl, I hiss: How can ignorance be compared to bliss?<br>

I spark, I fizz for the lady who knows what time it is.<br>

I cheer, I rave for the virtue I'm too late to save<br>

The sadder-but-wiser girl for me.<br>

No bright-eyed, blushing, breathless baby-doll baby<br>

Not for me. <br>

That kinda child ties knots no sailor ever knew. <br>

I prefer to take a chance on a more adult romance. <br>

No dewy young miss<br>

Who keeps resisting all the time she keeps insisting!<br>

No wide-eyed, wholesome innocent female. <br>

No sir.<br>

Why, she's the fisherman, I'm the fish you see?--PLOP!<br>

I flinch, I shy, when the lass with the delicate air goes by<br>

I smile, I grin, when the gal with a touch of sin walks in.<br>

I hope, and I pray, for a Hester to win just one more "A"<br>

The sadder-but-wiser girl's the girl for me.<br>

The sadder-but-wiser girl for me.<br>

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