《I’m An Ordinary Man》歌词

[00:00:00] I'm An Ordinary Man - Nat King Cole (纳·京·高尔)

[00:00:05] I'm an ordinary man

[00:00:08] Who desires nothing more than just this ordinary chance

[00:00:14] To live exactly as he likes and do precisely what he wants

[00:00:20] An average man am I of no eccentric whim

[00:00:26] Who wants to live his life free of strife

[00:00:30] Doing whatever he thinks is best for him

[00:00:37] Just an ordinary man

[00:00:43] But let a woman in your life and your serenity is through

[00:00:51] She'll redecorate your home from the cellar to the dome

[00:00:54] And then go on to the enthralling fun of overhauling you

[00:01:00] Oh let a woman in your life and you're up against a wall

[00:01:06] Make a plan and you will find

[00:01:08] She has something else in mind

[00:01:09] And so rather than do either you do something else

[00:01:12] That neither likes at all

[00:01:16] You want to talk of Keats and Milton

[00:01:19] She only wants to talk of love

[00:01:22] You go to see a play or ballet and spend it searching for her glove

[00:01:28] Oh let a woman in your life

[00:01:31] And you invite eternal strife

[00:01:34] Let them buy their wedding bands for those anxious little hands

[00:01:42] I'd be equally as willing for a dentist to be drilling

[00:01:46] Than to ever let a woman in my life

[00:01:53] I'm a very gentle man

[00:01:56] Even tempered and good nature

[00:01:59] Who you never hear complain

[00:02:02] Who has the milk of human kindness

[00:02:05] By the quart in every vein

[00:02:09] A patient man am I down to my fingertips

[00:02:14] The sort who never could ever would

[00:02:18] Let an insulting remark escape his lips

[00:02:26] Just an ordinary man

[00:02:32] But let a woman in your life

[00:02:36] And patience hasn't got a chance

[00:02:40] She will beg you for your advice your reply will be concise

[00:02:43] And she will listen very nicely and then go out

[00:02:45] And do exactly what she wants

[00:02:49] You are a man of grace and polish

[00:02:52] Who never spoke above a hush

[00:02:55] All at once you're using language

[00:02:58] That would make a sailor blush

[00:03:02] Oh let a woman in your life

[00:03:05] And you're plunging in a knife

[00:03:08] Let the others of my sex tie the knot around their necks

[00:03:16] I prefer a new edition of the Spanish inquisition

[00:03:20] Than to ever let a woman in my life

[00:03:27] I'm a quiet living man

[00:03:31] Who prefers to spend the evening in the silence of his room

[00:03:37] Who likes an atmosphere as restful as an undiscovered tomb

[00:03:44] A pensive man am I of philosophical joys

[00:03:50] Who likes to meditate contemplate

[00:03:53] Free for humanities mad in human noise

[00:04:01] Just a quiet living man

[00:04:07] But let a woman in your life and your sabbatical is through

[00:04:15] In a line that never ends comes an army of her friends

[00:04:18] Come to jabber and to chatter

[00:04:19] And to tell her what the matter is with you

[00:04:24] She'll have a booming boisterous family

[00:04:27] Who will descend on you uh mass

[00:04:30] She'll have a large Wagnerian mother

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

[00:04:36] Oh let a woman in your life

[00:04:39] Oh let a woman in your life

[00:04:43] Let a woman in your life

[00:04:59] I shall never let a woman in my life