When you're a skinny child of fourteen,
wired with braces from ear to ear,
you doubt that you could
ever be appealing.
Then, hallelujah,
you are fifteen and the braces disappear,
and your skin is smooth and clear.
An d you have that happy grown -up
female feeling.
How lovely to be a woman.
The wage was well worthwhile.
How lovely to wear mascara
and smile a woman's smile.
How lovely to have a figure that's
round in stead of flat.
Whenever you hear boys whistle,
you're what they're whistling at.
It's wonderful to feel the
way a woman feels.
It gives you such a glow,
just to know you're wearing lipstick an d heat.
How lovely to be a woman
and have one job to do.
To pick out a boy and train him,
and then when you are through,
you play with the man you
wanted to be.
Life's lovely when you're
a woman like me
How wonderful to know the
things a woman knows
How marvelous to wait for a date
in simply beautiful clothes
How lovely to be a woman,
and change from boys to men.
To go to a fancy nightclub,
and stay out after ten.
How lovely to be so grown up and free!
Life's lovely when you're a woman.
Like me!