The Grass is Always Greener

簡介

擇自"年度女郎"，為全劇最出名的搞笑歌曲。

 

歌詞

“What can I tell you? You’re Tess Harding, for God's sakes, I’d never done anything
really important in my life like you have.”

I’ll bet your friends are all celebrities, that’s wonderful
- What’s so wonderful? You can make a pott roast, that’s wonderful
What’s so wonderful? First you brown an onion.
Is your picture up at Sardie’s? That’s wonderful
- What’s so wonderful? You can clean an ooven. That’s wonderful.
What’s so wonderful? First you get the E.Z. off.

Ahh, the grass is always greener on somebody else’s estate
Ahh, the meat is always leaner on somebody else’s dinner plate

- But you can sew a button on, that’s wonnderful.
What’s so wonderful? Bet you’ve been do discos. That’s wonderful.
- What’s so wonderful. First you take a vvalium. I can see you
planning picnics. That’s wonderful.
What’s so wonderful? Eating at the White House. That’s wonderful.
- What’s so wonderful. First they pass thhe jelly beans.

Ahh, the grass is always greener on somebody else’s front lawn
Ahh, the somebody else's weiner, always has a lot more relish on.

You saved the whales in New Foundland, that’s wonderful.
- What’s so wonderful. You can run a houssehold. That’s wonderful.
What’s so wonderful. First you have a breakdown. You’re always in the
magazines. That’s wonderful.
- What’s so wonderful. You can hold a hussband. That’s wonderful.
What’s so wonderful. There’s more to life than husbands.
- I could use a husband.
You can have my husband.
- I’ve already had your husband.

Ahh, it makes you kind of teary ahh, think about it, deary
The grass is always green in someone else’s yard - it’s hard.

I’ll bet you always ride in limousines. That’s wonderful.
- What’s so wonderful? You have time for luncheons. That’s wonderful.
What’s so wonderful? First you sell the Tupperware. The public wants your
autograph. That’s wonderful.
- What’s so wonderful. You raised a teenaage daughter. That’s wonderful.
What’s so wonderful. First you find her diaphragm.

Aah, the grass is always greener, where some other tenant pays rent.
Aah, the teeth are always cleaner with somebody else’s polydent.

- Do you know, who your neighbours are? Thhat’s wonderful.
What’s so wonderful? You know Rhona Barrett. That’s wonderful.
- What’s so wonderful? First you keep youur mouth shut. I bet, you
squeeze the charmin. That’s wonderful.
What’s so wonderful. You can make a headline. That’s wonderful.
- What’s so wonderful. I’d rather make aa pot roast.
So go and brown an onion.
- And have some peace and quiet.
You’ve already had my husband??!

Aah, ev’ryone’s a victim of this ducky little dictum
The grass is always greener in someone else’s yard
It’s hard.

 

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