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jerry bock - i don't know his name lyrics

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[ilona, spoken]
you belong to a lonely hearts club?

[amalia, spoken]
i’ve never done that sort of thing before
i’d seen the advertis-m-nts in the papers

[ilona, spoken]
well, who hasn’t?
‘young man wants young lady
young lady wants young man.’

[amalia, spoken]
but i’ve never taken them seriously
until one day, i saw his advertis-m-nt
even then, i tried not to answer it, really
but it just kept calling out to me

[ilona, spoken]
he could be seventy five!

[amalia, spoken]
no, the advertis-m-nt says ‘young man.’

[ilona, spoken]
you haven’t even asked for a photograph?!

[amalia]
i don’t know his name or what he looks like
but i have a much more certain guide
i can tell exactly what he looks like
inside

when i undertook this correspondence
little did i know i’d grow so fond
little did i know our views would so cor-
respond

he writes me what his feelings are
on shaw, flaubert, chopin, renoir
the more i read, the more i find
we’re one in mind and heart

i know the kind of home we’d share
the books, the prints, the music there
a home, a life, that’s warm and full
and rich in love
and art

i don’t need to see his handsome profile
i don’t need to see his manly frame
all i need to know is in each letter
each long revealing letter
i couldn’t know him better
if i knew his name

(spoken)
oh, i know him so well, ilona
i know that he’s a very successful person
and terribly well-educated
and he’s gentle and kind and soft-spoken
oh, i know all this about him, and so much more!
i’ve just never met him, that’s all
[ilona]
if he isn’t too handsome
true it doesn’t much matter
but his personal habits
are more important than his looks

supposing he snores
like a locomotive?
supposing he grinds his t–th?
supposing he’s a
knuckle cracker, amalia?

good luck with your books!

and another small detail
that you haven’t yet mentioned
i am speaking of s-x, dear
when you and he are all alone

come to think of it
maybe you’re right
maybe it doesn’t matter at that
maybe i’d do much better myself
with a library card
and a gramophone. [amalia]
he writes his deep-
est thoughts to me
on swift, vermeer
and debussy

de mau-
p-ssant
dumas, ducas
dufy
dufay, defoe

he thinks as i
he feels as i
he shares the same
ideals as i

i’ll never find

a man who’s so
so
simpatico
i know

[amalia]
i don’t need to see his handsome profile
[ilona]
i was taken in by someone’s profile
[amalia]
i don’t need to see his manly frame
[ilona]
i was taken in by someone’s frame
[amalia]
all i need to know is in each letter, each
[ilona]
how i could have used one

[ilona & amalia]
long revealing letter

[amalia]
i couldn’t know him better
[ilona]
i hope you do much better

[amalia]
if i knew his name

[ilona]
i knew his name

[ilona & amalia]
what’s in a name?

- jerry bock lyrics

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