How Lovely To Be A Women by Bye Bye Birdie
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When you're a skinny child of fourteen,
Wired with braces from ear to ear,
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You doubt that you will ever be appealing.
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Then Hallelujah! You are fifteen
And the braces disappear
 
And your skin is smooth and clear
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And you have that happy grown-up female feeling.
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How lovely to be a woman,
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The wait was well worth while;
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How lovely to wear mascara
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And smile a woman's smile.
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How lovely to have a figure,
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That's round instead of flat;
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Whenever you hear boys whistle,
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You're what they're whistling at.
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It's wonderful to feel
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The way a woman feels;
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It gives you such a glow just to know
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You're wearing lipstick and heels!
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How lovely to be a woman
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And have one job to do;
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To pick out a boy and train him
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And then when you are through,
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You've made him the man you want him to be!
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Life's lovely when you're a woman like me!
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How wonderful to know
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The things a woman knows;
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How marvelous to wait for a date
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In simply beautiful clothes!
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How lovely to be a woman
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And change from boys to men,
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To go to a fancy nightclub
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And stay out after ten.
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How lovely to be so grown-up and free!
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Life's lovely when you're a woman like me!