1923 West End, London London Calling! the Musical - What Love Means to Girls Like Me Lyrics
Music and Lyrics by Noël Coward.
A little word, four letters only, And yet it means a lot you must admit. It seems absurd, But when I'm lonely I lose my sence of values just a bit. If men are really willing, I must say I find it thrilling Just to listen to the charming things they say. Though I'm not exactly fickle, I enjoy a slap and tickle In a quiet unassuming sort of way.
(Refrain 1:) It isn't that I'm naughty or capricious, It isn't that I single out my prey, I'm sure that I've a mind Too essentially refined To flaunt my girlish charms in any way. I sometimes think that Eve was very thoughtless To wrench the fruit of knowledge from the tree, More abstemious she'd have been, Could she only have foreseen What love means to girls like me.
If love is blind and people say so, I'm certain that that statement's incorrect. I shouldn't mind, If he would stay so, It's when he starts to see things I object. To say that Cupid hates me, And deliberately baits me, Would really not exaggerate the case. You could wheel away in barrows All the bleeding blunted arrows That from time to time he's fired in my face.
(Refrain 2:) It isn't that I'm thoroughly degraded, It isn't that I go from bad to worse, It isn't that I pine For Roses, Love and Wine, I'm a victim of a temperamental curse. I often try to suffocate my passion, Though all the time I yearn to set it free, Cleopatra at her best Would have shuddered if she'd guessed What love means to girls like me.
(Refrain 3:) It isn't that I'm consciously alluring, It isn't that I'm altogether bad. A girl may have her dreams Without going to extremes, Though I shouldn't like to mention some I've had. It isn't that I take all and give nothing, I'm sure I'm generous-hearted as can be, But poor Mary, Queen of Scots, Would have tied herself in knots For what love means to girls like me.
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