William Olvis, Barbara Cook & Irra Petina – Quiet

William Olvis, Barbara Cook & Irra Petina – Quiet Lyrics

Artist: William Olvis, Barbara Cook & Irra Petina
Song: Quiet

Hot, isn’t it?
No.
It was cold yesterday, wasn’t it?
No.

It’ll rain tonight, won’t it?
Wherever you are, it’s raining all the time.
Hoy-oy-oy-oy-oy!
What’s the matter, lady?

I’m homesick.
For where?
For everywhere but here.
I’ve tried so hard to remember. Do I move toward you or away from you?

Away from me if possible.
No doubt you’ll think I’m giving in
To petulance and malice
But in candor I am forced to say

That I’m sick of gracious living in
This stuffy little palace
And I wish that I could leave today
I have suffered a lot

And I’m certainly not
Unaware that this life has its black side
I havе starved in a ditch
I’ve been burned for a witch

And I’m missing thе half of my backside
I’ve been beaten and whipped
And repeatedly stripped
I’ve been forced into all kinds of wh#redom

But I’m finding of late
That the very worst fate
Is to perish of comfort and boredom
Quiet.

It was three years ago
As you very well know
That you said we would soon have a wedding
Every day you forget

What you promised, and yet
You continue to rumple my bedding
I’ll no longer bring shame
On my family name

I would rather lie down and be buried
No, I’ll not lead the life
Of an unwedded wife
Tell me, when are we going to be married?

Quiet.
I was once, what is more
Nearly sawed in four
By a specially clumsy magician

And you’d think I would feel
After such an ordeal
That there’s charm in my present position
But I’d far rather be

In a tempest at sea
Or a bloody North African riot
Than to sit in this dump
On what’s left of my rump

And put up with this terrible quiet
When are we going to be married?
Comfort and boredom and quiet
When are we going to be—

Quiet!
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Release Year: 1956