MEN
(Music: Ted Dicks / Lyrics: Myles Rudge)


Joan Sims - 1963





We've got this special date
And he's a half an hour late
But that's men

He sorta lets it fall
I should be glad he's there at all
But that's men

Concerning where we'll go
He lets me know
The casting vote is his

If there's some film that I think nice
He's been and seen it twice ..... already

He sits and looks at me
The film begins and so does he
But that's men

No asking if he may
Just lights a fag and he's away
But that's men

And when we say goodnight
There's not a soul in sight
So, back he comes and starts again

He says he'll give a buzz
But it's a week before he does
But that's, oh, they're all the same
But I suppose it's all part of life's rich pageant

I wish he'd remember to say how much he's missed me
I wish he'd remember to shave before he kissed me

Sometimes he'll be so close to me
And sweet as he knows how
Then when I think the moments come
He goes and phones his Mum, oh, it's charming

At first I thought he had honorable intentions
But they're the sort that a person never mentions

I wouldn't mind if he was more refined
Romantically inclined, then
If all those things were his, he wouldn't be the way he is
'Cause that's men! Especially Ken!

And John and Paul and George, and Ringo and Vince and 
Joe and Cliff and Al, and that one who never took his hat 
off, and what was that one in the corner, do you remember, 
luv, what was his name?






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2014)