HOW LOVELY TO BE A WOMAN
(Strouse / Adams)

as recorded by Ann-Margret
1962


How lovely to be a woman,
The wait was well worthwhile!
How lovely to wear mascara
And smile a woman's smile.

How lovely to have a figure
That's round instead of flat;
Whenever you hear boys whistle,
You're what they're whistling at!

It's wonderful to feel
The things a woman feels,
It gives you such a glow
Just to know
You're wearing lipstick and heels!

How lovely to be a woman
And have one job to do,
To pick out a boy and train him,
And then when you are through,
You've made him a man you want him to be;
How lovely to be a woman like me!

How wonderful to know
The things a woman knows,
It's marvellous to wait
For the date
In simply beautiful clothes!

How lovely to be a woman
And change from boys to men!
To go to a fancy nightclub
And stay out after ten.
How lovely to be so grownup and free;
Life's lovely when you're a woman like me,
Like me,
Like me,
Like me,
Little me...




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - December 2018)