Jimmy Webb - What Does A Woman See In A Man? lyrics

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He stinks to high heaven, half covered with hair<br />

And grunts just like some old orang-utan<br />

While she smells of clean skin and a trace of jasmine<br />

And speaks like a first rate librarian<br />

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His stomach hangs out, there's a hump on his back<br />

He eats like Conan the Barbarian<br />

While she keeps herself trim, and her posture is prim<br />

Her manners are quite cosmopolitan<br />

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He laughs like a donkey and farts in the bed<br />

And flips cigarettes in the can<br />

But she always acts nice, with no visible vice<br />

Tell me, what does a woman see in a man?<br />

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He hangs out in bars and he tells stupid jokes<br />

And seems to think he's a comedian<br />

But she's clever, polite, stays sober all night<br />

And sips on her one Presbyterian<br />

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He drives a gas hog like Attila the Hun<br />

And woe to the luckless pedestrian<br />

While she prefers bikes and bird-watching hikes<br />

And sailing and riding equestrian<br />

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He has a name like Duane or Leroy<br />

Hers is Vanessa or Anne<br />

Hers sounds like a song<br />

But Duane is all wrong<br />

Tell me, what does a woman see in a man?<br />

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(BRIDGE)<br />

Doesn't she know that she's unique<br />

Doesn't she know that he's just a freak -- of nature<br />

Overbearing, insecure, wanting love but so unsure<br />

Loving her because she's pure<br />

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And yet, dreaming of orgies in Vegas or Cannes<br />

He preens and strikes poses Olympian<br />

While she shoulders the cross<br />

And lets him play boss<br />

His nurse and long-suffering Samaritan<br />

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He brags about knocking the world on its ass<br />

But oh, when the shit hits the fan<br />

She'll bail him out, she's the one with the clout<br />

Only she knows how humankind ever began<br />

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What does a woman see in a man?<br />

What does a woman see in a man?