Ben Vereen

Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered
After one whole quart of brandyLike a daisy, I'm awakeWith no Bromo-Seltzer handyI don't even shakeMen are not a new sensationI've done pretty well I thinkBut this half-pint imitationPut me on the blinkI'm wild again, beguiled againA simpering, whimpering child againBewitched, bothered and bewildered - am ICouldn't sleep and wouldn't sleepWhen love came and told me, I shouldn't sleepBewitched, bothered and bewildered - am ILost my heart, but what of itHe is cold I agreeHe can laugh, but I love itAlthough the laugh's on meI'll sing to him, each spring to himAnd long, for the day when I'll cling to himBewitched, bothered and bewildered - am ISongtexteHe's a fool and don't I know itBut a fool can have his charmsI'm in love and don't I show itLike a babe in armsLove's the same old sad sensationLately I've not slept a winkSince this half-pint imitationPut me on the blinkI've sinned a lot, I'm mean a lotBut I'm like sweet seventeen a lotBewitched, bothered and bewildered - am II'll sing to him, each spring to himAnd worship the trousers that cling to himBewitched, bothered and bewildered - am IWhen he talks, he is seekingWords to get off his chestHorizontally speaking, he's at his very bestVexed again, perplexed againThank God, I can be oversexed againBewitched, bothered and bewildered - am IWise at last, my eyes at last,Are cutting you down to your size at lastBewitched, bothered and bewildered - no moreBurned a lot, but learned a lotAnd now you are broke, so you earned a lotBewitched, bothered and bewildered - no moreCouldn't eat, was dispepticLife was so hard to bearNow my heart's antisepticSince you moved out of thereRomance, finis.Your chance, finis.Those ants that invaded my pants, finis.Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - no more Aus Songtexte Mania