No sweet and pure angelic lass for me

That kinda girl can spin a web you'll see

She trades on wholesome innocennce galore

But it's my independence

That she's trading for

The only affirmative she will file

Refers to marching down the aisle

No golden glorious

Gleaming pristine goddess no sir

For no Diana do I play faun

I can tell you that right now

I snarl I hiss

How can ignorance be compared to bliss

I spark I fizz for the lady

Who knows what time it is

I cheer I rave for the virtue

I'm too late to save

The sadder but wiser girl for me

No bright-eyed blushing

Nreathless baby doll baby

No sir that kinda child ties knots

No sailor ever knew

I prefer to take a chance

On a more adult romance

No dewy young miss who keeps resisting

All the time she keeps insisting

No wide-eyed wholesome innocent female

Why she's the fisherman

I'm the fish you'll see

I flinch I shy when the lass

With the delicate air goes by

I smile I grin when the girl

With a touch of sin walks in

I hope and I pray for Hester

To win just one more 'A'

The sadder but wiser girl for me

No giggling ice cream soda drinker

Out to hook you line and sinker

No honey throated beckoning siren

I plug my ears and

I grab my oars and I flee

I cheer I boo at the

Puritan hearted aun jeune

I yearn I long for the woman

Who's Pop says "What went wrong "

I root and I clap for the dame

In the gown-less evening strap

The sadder but wiser girl's the girl for me

The sadder but wiser girl for me