Englishman Needs Time

As you've guessed I'm continental

Romantic and sentimental

I look on love as something of an art

But I've found that nationalities

Have different formalities

When dealing with affairs of the heart

Now, the reason why we wrote this song

Is because I used to spend a lot of time in London

At the tour of the town, and also the legitimate theater

But, no matter how long the span of time I was in England

I was never approached by an Englishman

So

A Spaniard needs a soft guitar

And a balcony to climb

While the Portuguese need

The breeze in the trees

But an Englishman needs time

The Italians long for an operatic song

Or a soft Sicilian rhyme

While the French fall in love

At the drop of a glove

But an Englishman needs time

He'll admit to an attraction

But show no reaction

His lips never part in a sigh

What goes on in his breast

Is completely supressed

By the weight of his old school tie

The Viennese need a waltz by Strauss

Or a glockenspiel's sweet chime

While the Dutch begin

With a bottle of gin

But an Englishman needs time

A New Yorker's need is variety and speed

But out West, they are more sublime

At the Hollywood Bowl, they need nothing at all

But an Englishman needs time

He will meet you maybe Monday night

But unless he's quite unique

He will call you up around Wednesday noon

You'll get flowers Thursday week

Though you'll have to wait

He may work up to a date

But if he's real mad for you

He will tenderly say

"You look smashing today"

And then invite you to the zoo

When you think it's all over

This mad Casanova

Arrives in a purposeful way

But if he mentions sport

No, it's not what you thought

It's to watch him play cricket all day

Now in Persia, they need seven veils

For a sultan in his prime

While an Eskimo

Needs a whole lot of snow

But an Englishman

Needs time

Now, I adore those Englishmen

But you must admit

They can be terribly

Anglo-Saxon

But after all, it's said and done

And the battle is finally won

Ladies

Let's contemplate

Who wouldn't wait

For an Englishman

Who takes his

Time