How so?
Anita sings it like this (all caps emphasizing how she accents, which is tricky in the first two lines but on the money, I think):
There's not ONE boy for me -
I must HAVE two or three,
I need Four.
First, the man who's the type
to like slippers and pipe
at the door.
Then, IF at all possible
I'd like the kind
WHO's not very bossable
But knows his mind.
If you ADD to these few
one that KNOWS how to woo
dogpatch style
Then this man of my world
will be spangled and pearled
with his smile
AND though it's incredible
I've found it's true
That my four-in-one boy
is nobody else
but you.
Lightweight perhaps, but I much prefer this to (in my no doubt minority opinion) Hendrick's usual over-wordy farrago.
How so?
Anita sings it like this (all caps emphasizing how she accents, which is tricky in the first two lines but on the money, I think):
There's not ONE boy for me -
I must HAVE two or three,
I need Four.
First, the man who's the type
to like slippers and pipe
at the door.
Then, IF at all possible
I'd like the kind
WHO's not very bossable
But knows his mind.
If you ADD to these few
one that KNOWS how to woo
dogpatch style
Then this man of my world
will be spangled and pearled
with his smile
AND though it's incredible
I've found it's true
That my four-in-one boy
is nobody else
but you.
Lightweight perhaps, but I much prefer this to (in my no doubt minority opinion) Hendrick's usual over-wordy farrago.
Thanks so much! I love this song and having both sets of lyrics is great.