How Sad Songtext
von Richard Rodgers

What are the poor girls getting?
To whom do they raise a voice?
What are the poor girls netting?
They just have Hobson′s choice
They crane their delicate necks
But there's just one opposite sex

How sad
To be a woman
Women are stuck with men
A lady′s life must be dreary
Without a lady to call "dearie"


A woman's cheek is for caressing
A man's is trouble
It′s mostly stubble
It′s sad
And so depressing
Ladies, I ask again
How can a woman
Be like a woman?
What do they see in men?

A woman's hand is tiny
A man has just a paw
A woman′s mouth is soft and sweet
A man has just a jaw

Beneath her chin lies heaven
While under his is hair
In fact, she's entirely heaven
It′s blissful to be there
How can they make such a fuss
Over ugly, simply, predatory bums like us?

How sad
To be a woman
Women are stuck with men
A lady's life must be dreary
Without a lady to call "dearie"


A woman′s cheek is for caressing
A man's is trouble
It's mostly stubble
It′s sad
And so depressing
Ladies, I ask again
How can a woman
Be like a woman?
What do they see in men?