My darling put your boyish guilt away It’s charming but it’s had its little day You speak of girls your age To start: Whose silly art You shall inspect As they will ask you to "respect" their fragile heart My dear, a heart's not something to respect... It’s an instrument to play. And to perfect. A girl of nineteen wants your... every thing. She wants a promise wants a wedding ring it sounds a bore. I, darling? I just want... a little more Of what you did a bit ago I’m a one-woman show. Her encores are indeed her life I’m here to be the antidote to your first wife. I'm just the last of the intelligent ones teaching you that pleasure’s not a sin It’s just a question of... where to begin A girl will teach you how to fall in love I, darling, teach you all of the above... And how to do it... properly. So yes, you’ll leave. Of course you will You’ll find a girl and have a grand career But twenty years hence in some dull be A single, perfect memory in your graying head Will make you smile. And you will think of me. My scholarship Which isn’t yours for free Now, come here, Tom. The lesson’s not quite done. The practical exam has just begun.
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