《F. Loewe: I’m An Ordinary Man》歌词

[00:00:00] I'm an ordinary man - Jeremy Irons (杰里米·艾恩斯)/London Symphony Orchestra (伦敦交响乐团)/John Mauceri (约翰·莫塞里)

[00:00:01] Lyricist：Alan Jay Lerner

[00:00:02] Composer：Frederick Loewe

[00:00:04] I'm an ordinary man

[00:00:06] Who desires nothing more than just an ordinary chance

[00:00:11] To live exactly as he likes

[00:00:14] And do precisely what he wants

[00:00:17] An average man am I of no eccentric whim

[00:00:23] Who want's to live his life free of strife

[00:00:27] Doing whatever he thinks is best for him

[00:00:33] Just an ordinary man

[00:00:40] But let a woman in your life

[00:00:44] And your serenity is through

[00:00:46] She'll redecorate your home

[00:00:48] From the cellar to the dome

[00:00:49] And then go on to the enthralling

[00:00:51] Fun of overhauling you

[00:00:55] Let a woman in your life

[00:00:58] And you're up against a wall

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

[00:01:02] She has something else in mind

[00:01:04] And so rather than do either

[00:01:05] You do something else that neither likes at all

[00:01:09] You want to talk of Keats or Milton

[00:01:12] She only wants to talk of love

[00:01:15] You go to see a play or ballet

[00:01:18] And spend it searching for her glove

[00:01:21] Let a woman in your life

[00:01:23] And you invite eternal strife

[00:01:27] Let them buy their wedding bands

[00:01:30] For those anxious little hands

[00:01:34] I'd be equally as willing

[00:01:37] For a dentist to be drilling

[00:01:38] Than to ever let a woman in my life

[00:01:45] I'm a very gentle man

[00:01:48] Even tempered and good natured

[00:01:51] Who you never hear complain

[00:01:53] Who has the milk of human kindness

[00:01:56] By the quart in every vein

[00:01:59] A patient man am I down to my fingertips

[00:02:03] The sort who never would never could

[00:02:06] Ever would

[00:02:07] Let an insulting remark escape his lips

[00:02:14] Just a very gentle man

[00:02:20] But let a woman in your life

[00:02:24] And patience hasn't got a chance

[00:02:27] She will beg for your advice

[00:02:28] Your reply will be concise

[00:02:30] And she'll listen very nicely

[00:02:31] And then go out and do precisely what she wants

[00:02:35] You are a man of grace and polish

[00:02:38] Who never spoke above a hush

[00:02:41] Now all at once you're using language

[00:02:44] That would make a sailor blush

[00:02:47] Let a woman in your life

[00:02:49] And you're plunging in a knife

[00:02:53] Let the others of my sex tie

[00:02:56] The knot around their necks

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

[00:03:04] Than to ever let a woman in my life

[00:03:11] I'm a quiet living man

[00:03:15] Who prefers to spend this evening

[00:03:18] In the silence of his room

[00:03:20] Who likes an atmosphere

[00:03:22] As restful as an undiscovered tomb

[00:03:25] A pensive man am I of philosophical joys

[00:03:31] Who likes to meditate

[00:03:33] Contemplate

[00:03:34] Free from humanity's mad inhuman noise

[00:03:41] Just a quiet living man

[00:03:49] But let a woman in your life

[00:03:52] And your sabbatical is through

[00:03:55] In a line that never ends

[00:03:56] Comes an army of her friends

[00:03:57] Come to jabber and to chatter

[00:03:59] And to tell her what the matter is with you

[00:04:03] She'll have a booming boisterous family

[00:04:06] Who will descend on you en mass

[00:04:09] She'll have a large wagnarian mother

[00:04:12] With a voice that shatters glass

[00:04:14] Let a woman in your life

[00:04:17] Let a woman in your life

[00:04:20] Let a woman in your life

[00:04:37] I shall never let a woman in my life