I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face - My Fair Lady
Henry: I've grown accustomed to her face She almost makes the day begin I've grown accustomed to the tune That she whistles night and noon Her smiles, her frowns Her ups, her downs Are second nature to me now Like breathing out, breathing in I was serenely independent and content before we met Surely I could always be that way again and yet I've grown accustomed to her looks Accustomed to her voice Accustomed to her face Marry Freddie? What an infantile idea What a heartless, wicked, brainless thing to do She'll regret it She'll regret it It's doomed before they even take the vow I can see her now, Mrs. Freddie Eynsford-Hill In a wretched little flat above a store I can see her now, not a penny in the till And a bill collector beating at the door She'll try to teach the things I taught And end up selling flowers instead Begging for her bread and water While her husband has his breakfast in bed In a year or so When she's prematurely gray When the blossoms in her cheek has turned to chalk She'll come home and lo! He'll have upped and ran away With a social climbing heiress from New York Poor Eliza! How simply frightful! How humiliating! How delightful! How pining would it be on that inevitable night When she hammers on my door in tears and rag Miserable and lonely, repentant and contrite Will I take her in or hurl her to the wall? Give her kindness or the treatment she deserve? Will I take her back or throw the baggage out Well, I'm a most forgiving man The sort who never could, never would Take a position and staunchly never budge A most forgiving man BUT, I shall never take her back If she was crawling on her knees Let her promise to atone, let her shiver, let her moan Then I'll slam the door and let the hellcat freeze Marry Freddie.. HA! But I'm so used to hear her say "Good morning" every day Her joys, her woes, her highs, her lows Are second nature to me now Like breathing out and breathing in I'm very grateful she's a woman And very easy to forget Rather like a habit one can always break Yet I've grown accustomed to the trace of Something in the air Accustomed to her face...
Artist: My Fair Lady