My Fair Lady movie - A Hymn to Him lyrics
rate me<br>
HIGGINS <br>
What in all of heaven could've promted her to go, <br>
After such a triumph as the ball? <br>
What could've depressed her; <br>
What could've possessed her? <br>
I cannot understand the wretch at all. <br>
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Women are irrational, that's all there is to that! <br>
There heads are full of cotton, hay, and rags! <br>
They're nothing but exasperating, irritating,<br>
vacillating, calculating, agitating, <br>
Maddening and infuriating hags! <br>
[To Pickering]<br>
Pickering, why can't a woman be more like a man? <br>
PICKERING<br>
Hmm?<br>
HIGGINS<br>
Yes... <br>
Why can't a woman be more like a man? <br>
Men are so honest, so thoroughly square; <br>
Eternally noble, historic'ly fair; <br>
Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat. <br>
Well, why can't a woman be like that? <br>
Why does ev'ryone do what the others do? <br>
Can't a woman learn to use her head? <br>
Why do they do ev'rything their mothers do? <br>
Why don't they grow up- well, like their father instead? <br>
Why can't a woman take after a man? <br>
Men are so pleasant, so easy to please; <br>
Whenever you are with them, you're always at ease. <br>
Would you be slighted if I didn't speak for hours? <br>
PICKERING <br>
Of course not! <br>
HIGGINS <br>
Would you be livid if I had a drink or two? <br>
PICKERING <br>
Nonsense. <br>
HIGGINS <br>
Would you be wounded if I never sent you flowers? <br>
PICKERING <br>
Never. <br>
HIGGINS <br>
Well, why can't a woman be like you? <br>
One man in a million may shout a bit. <br>
Now and then there's one with slight defects; <br>
One, perhaps, whose truthfulness you doubt a bit. <br>
But by and large we are a marvelous sex! <br>
Why can't a woman take after like a man? <br>
Cause men are so friendly, good natured and kind. <br>
A better companion you never will find.<br>
If I were hours late for dinner, would you bellow? <br>
PICKERING <br>
Of course not! <br>
HIGGINS <br>
If I forgot your silly birthday, would you fuss? <br>
PICKERING <br>
Nonsense. <br>
HIGGINS <br>
Would you complain if I took out another fellow?<br>
PICKERING <br>
Never. <br>
HIGGINS <br>
Well, why can't a woman be like us? <br>
[To Mrs. Pearce]<br>
Mrs. Pearce, you're a woman... <br>
Why can't a woman be more like a man? <br>
Men are so decent, such regular chaps. <br>
Ready to help you through any mishaps. <br>
Ready to buck you up whenever you are glum. <br>
Why can't a woman be a chum? <br>
Why is thinking something women never do? <br>
Why is logic never even tried? <br>
Straight'ning up their hair is all they ever do. <br>
Why don't they straighten up the mess that's inside? <br>
Why can't a woman behave like a man? <br>
If I was a woman who'd been to a ball, <br>
Been hailed as a princess by one and by all; <br>
Would I start weeping like a bathtub overflowing? <br>
And carry on as if my home were in a tree? <br>
Would I run off and never tell me where I'm going? <br>
Why can't a woman be like me?<br>
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