Jimmy Webb What Does A Woman See In A Man? Lyrics

What Does A Woman See In A Man? Lyrics










  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  








He stinks to high heaven, half covered with hair
And grunts just like some
old orang-utan
While she smells of clean skin and a trace of jasmine
And
speaks like a first rate librarian

His stomach hangs out, there's a hump
on his back
He eats like Conan the Barbarian
While she keeps herself trim,
and her posture is prim
Her manners are quite cosmopolitan

He laughs
like a donkey and farts in the bed
And flips cigarettes in the can
But
she always acts nice, with no visible vice
Tell me, what does a woman see in
a man?

He hangs out in bars and he tells stupid jokes
And seems to
think he's a comedian
But she's clever, polite, stays sober all night
And
sips on her one Presbyterian

He drives a gas hog like Attila the
Hun
And woe to the luckless pedestrian
While she prefers bikes and
bird-watching hikes
And sailing and riding equestrian

He has a name
like Duane or Leroy
Hers is Vanessa or Anne
Hers sounds like a
song
But Duane is all wrong
Tell me, what does a woman see in a
man?

(BRIDGE)
Doesn't she know that she's unique
Doesn't she know
that he's just a freak -- of nature
Overbearing, insecure, wanting love but
so unsure
Loving her because she's pure

And yet, dreaming of orgies
in Vegas or Cannes
He preens and strikes poses Olympian
While she
shoulders the cross
And lets him play boss
His nurse and long-suffering
Samaritan

He brags about knocking the world on its ass
But oh, when
the shit hits the fan
She'll bail him out, she's the one with the
clout
Only she knows how humankind ever began

What does a woman see
in a man?
What does a woman see in a man?