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  • Never judge a book by its cover...
    The thing that counts is what's inside
    Never judge a lady by her lover...
    It isn't a reliable guide

    The lady may decide her obligations
    Are merely to reflect his expectations
    If his idea of ecstasy's
    To see what he expects to see --
    Well, ignorance is bliss
    But think of what he'll miss...

    She was smart, tart, dry as a martini
    Ah, but underneath...
    She was all heart, something by Puccini
    Ah, but underneath...

    In the depths of her interior
    Were fears she was inferior
    And something even eerier
    But no one dared to query her superior exterior

    She was chic, sleek, anything in fashion
    That was just a shell
    Take a close peek, you could see the passion
    That was one as well

    To conclude, you'd soon discover the secret of her appeal
    Was the wonder which lay underneath
    Which she wasn't about to reveal

    That was her liability, the curse of versatility
    She'd only allow a man to see enough to fan his fantasy
    She made compliance into a science
    One of the giants
    Loud or lewd or lah-di-dah-dee
    Everything to everybody
    As changeable as a chameleon with all that entails
    But nobody saw what was really underneath all those veils
    She was grand, bland, brave or brisk or brittle
    Anything required...
    Both concerned and strictly non-committal
    And a little tired...
    She was deftly deferential, or so they wrote on her wreath
    No one ever glimpsed her potential
    But when stripped down to the essential...
    Mind you, this is confidential...
    Way down underneath!
    She was...
    She was...
    She was...
    Sometimes when the wrappings fall
    There's nothing underneath at all!
  • [00:08.20] Never judge a book by its cover...
    [00:11.19] The thing that counts is what's inside
    [00:14.88] Never judge a lady by her lover...
    [00:18.92] It isn't a reliable guide
    [00:21.87]
    [00:23.11] The lady may decide her obligations
    [00:26.32] Are merely to reflect his expectations
    [00:30.17] If his idea of ecstasy's
    [00:31.98] To see what he expects to see --
    [00:34.26] Well, ignorance is bliss
    [00:36.50] But think of what he'll miss...
    [00:39.65]
    [00:43.37] She was smart, tart, dry as a martini
    [00:51.38] Ah, but underneath...
    [00:53.90] She was all heart, something by Puccini
    [00:59.12] Ah, but underneath...
    [01:00.74]
    [01:02.26] In the depths of her interior
    [01:06.14] Were fears she was inferior
    [01:09.71] And something even eerier
    [01:13.66] But no one dared to query her superior exterior
    [01:17.66]
    [01:25.15] She was chic, sleek, anything in fashion
    [01:29.25] That was just a shell
    [01:32.58] Take a close peek, you could see the passion
    [01:37.17] That was one as well
    [01:40.16]
    [01:40.79] To conclude, you'd soon discover the secret of her appeal
    [01:48.08] Was the wonder which lay underneath
    [01:53.78] Which she wasn't about to reveal
    [01:56.98]
    [02:09.23] That was her liability, the curse of versatility
    [02:16.42] She'd only allow a man to see enough to fan his fantasy
    [02:21.02] She made compliance into a science
    [02:28.15] One of the giants
    [02:31.74] Loud or lewd or lah-di-dah-dee
    [02:33.68] Everything to everybody
    [02:47.90] As changeable as a chameleon with all that entails
    [02:56.12] But nobody saw what was really underneath all those veils
    [03:14.75] She was grand, bland, brave or brisk or brittle
    [03:19.61] Anything required...
    [03:22.68] Both concerned and strictly non-committal
    [03:27.58] And a little tired...
    [03:30.73] She was deftly deferential, or so they wrote on her wreath
    [03:38.43] No one ever glimpsed her potential
    [03:42.55] But when stripped down to the essential...
    [03:46.46] Mind you, this is confidential...
    [03:50.43] Way down underneath!
    [03:54.13] She was...
    [03:57.69] She was...
    [04:01.54] She was...
    [04:05.06] Sometimes when the wrappings fall
    [04:07.61] There's nothing underneath at all!