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Too Good for the Average Man Lyrics by Laurel Shelby

On Your Toes (1952 Studio Cast)

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[SERGEI]
When Russia was white
It was white for the classes
And black for the masses
Unfortunate asses
All wealth belonged to few
[PEGGY]
When England was Tudor
The king and his cronies
Had cocktails at Tony's
The poor had baloneys
And that's how England grew
[SERGEI & PEGGY]
Sing la and huzzah for the poor folks
As long as the poor folks are your folks
[PEGGY]
Finer things are for the finer folk
Thus society began
Caviar for peasants is a joke
It's too good for the average man
[SERGEI]
Supper clubs are for the upper folk
Packed like sardines in a can
Through the smoke you get your check and choke
It's too good for the average man
Each poor man has a wife he must stick to
Men of fashion can be wacky
To be caught in flagrante delecto
Is much too good for the average lackey
[PEGGY]
All night parties, drinking like a lord
Fit into our social plan
Waking in the alcoholic ward
It's too good for the average man
[SERGEI]
Fancy nerves are for the fancy class
Since psychiatry began
Neurasthenia isn't for the mass
It's too good for the average man
[PEGGY]
Patriotic talk against the red
Is a plutocratic plan
Sleeping with a bomb beneath his bed
Is too good for the average man
Lots of kids for a poor wife or dandy
Girls of fashion can be choosy
Birth control and the modus operandi
Are much too good for the average floozy
[SERGEI]
Psychoanalysts are all the whirl
Rich men pay them all they can
Waking up to find that he's a girl
[SERGI & PEGGY]
Is too good for the average man
Credits
Laurel Shelby

Laurel Shelby

About “Too Good for the Average Man” by Laurel Shelby

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