How often does it happen
That a secretary's boss wants to marry her?
Hallelujah
How often does the dream come true
Without a sign of conflict or barrier?
Hallelujah
Why treat the man
Like he was a typhoid carrier?
How often can you fly
From this land of carbon paper
To the land of flowered chintz?
Hallelujah
How often does a Cinderella
Get a crack at the prince?
Cinderella and the prince
Don't you realize
You're a real live fairytale?
A symbol divine
So if not for your own sake
Please darling, for mine
Don't, don't, don't, Cinderella, darling
Don't turn down the prince
Don't rewrite your story
You're the legend, the folklore
The working girls dream of glory
We were raised on you, darling
And we've loved you ever since
Don't mess up a major miracle
Don't, Cinderella, don't turn down the prince
Oh, let us live it with you
Each hour of each day
On from Bergdorf Goodman
To Elizabeth Arden
In the station wagon
Hurry from Twenty-One
To the Tarrytown, PTA
(No, New Rochelle)
New Rochelle PTA
Oh, do not leave us minus
Our vicarious bonus
We want to see his highness
Married to your lowness
On you, Cinderella, sits the onus
So when you name the happy day
Please phone us
Phone us
But don't, don't, don't, Cinderella, darling
Don't turn down the prince
Why spoil our enjoyment?
You're the fable, the symbol
Of glorified unemployment
We were raised on you, darling
And we've loved you ever since
Don't louse up our favorite fairytale
Don't, Cinderella
Don't, don't, don't, don't, Cinderella
Don't, don't, don't
Don't, Cinderella, don't
Don't turn down the prince
All right I'll give him one more chance
Hallelujah
