All the men you have ever known

Left you sooner or later.

I’m surprised you didn't realize

That you were giving yourself away to each of them.

And your apartment is like a hotel

There is a TV, there is a bed.

But you know, believe it or not,

The first thing everyone noticed in there was the door

All the men you have ever known

Left you sooner or later.

And until the very last moment, you never knew

That every single one of them had a family of his own.

And you thought each of them was your slave,

But every one of them had a house of his own.

You only realized your mistake afterward,

And, eventually, every one of them became your enemy

All the men you have ever known

Left you sooner or later.

And every one of them wanted so little,

But everyone wanted something for himself

For one of them, you had to know Chuck Berry,

For another who Titian was.

The third was always trying to get under your skirt

The fourth kept trying to get into your pocket.

All the men you have ever known

Left you sooner or later.

But now it’s time to start all over,

It’s time to start from scratch again.

You're buying a new manicure set,

You're sweeping all the old trash out of the house.

And anticipating your coming sensation,

You're drawing a new war paint on your face

Forward!