John McMartin – Marry Well Lyrics
Artist: John McMartin
Song: Marry Well
Forgive me, ladies, but we live in perilous times
If you want to anchor yourself in an uncertain world
You’re only one recourse
With your eye on the ball
And your feet on the fairway
Hit it high, little girls, marry well
Four!
Every point under par
Is a leg up the stairway
To the sky, little girls, marry well
Find a staunch young patrician republican
With the blood and the brains to excel
Like the fine strapping lad
Your late grandmama had
Meaning I, little girls
Marry well
Ridiculous woman, my daughter Edith!
Flying in the face of еvery good solid value I evеr tried to instill in her!
God knows I tried to teach her, teach all of my brood
The hallmark of aristocracy is responsibility!
Edie, oh, the last hope of the great Bouvier clan!
Oh, honestly!
But Major Bouvier, the time
Oh alright, alright, I’m coming
Company fall in!
Tete hut!
Chair the ball for the blind
Treat your church to a steeple
Well endowed, little girls
Marry well
Bail the met out of debt
Leave your art to the people
And the crowd will fall under your spell
But an unmarried lassie who’s fast and loose
Is a moose in a herd of gazelle
Pow!
Don’t be picked off the pack
With your head on a plaque
Do me proud little girls
Marry well
It’s your future that counts
They say greatness always skips a generation
Well, now it’s up to you to burnish the family crest
Took a good look at it, children, and remember
This crest of our French royal providence
It took a while for it
We paid a pile for it
So don’t end up spinsters and dilettantes
The name Bouvier will surpass all others
All of your uncles, dads…
And mothers
Picture Lee in Milan with a Prince and a villa
Sally forth, little girl
Very nice
Jackie B. in Paris, simply bathed in chinchilla
As for me, Joe will more than suffice
Good girl!
With a grandfather’s blessing, I wish you love
Someone there when your hair goes to grey
And I’ll strut in my spats
Down the isle of St. Pat’s
Marry high
Marry proud
Nouveau riche ain’t allowed
Upper class
Upper crust
Standard oil and Morgan trust
Marry young
Marry chaste
Or if not, then in haste
Marry well and you’re well on your way!
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Release Year: 2005