I Enjoy Being a Girl (From "Flower Drum Song, 1958")

I'm a girl and by me that's only great I am proud that my silhouette is curvy That I walk with a sweet and girlish gait With my hips kind of swivelly and swervey I adore being dressed in something frilly When my date comes to get me at my place Out I go with my Joe or John or Billy Like a filly who is ready for the race When I have a brand new hairdo With my eyelashes all in curls I float as the clouds on air do I enjoy being a girl When men say I'm cute and funny And my teeth aren't teeth but pearls I just lap it up like honey I enjoy being a girl I flip when a fellow sends me flowers I drool over dresses made of lace I talk on the telephone for hours With a pound and a half of cream upon my face I'm strictly a female female And my future I hope will be In the home of a brave and free male Who'll enjoy being a guy, having a girl like me When men say I'm sweet as candy As around in a dance we whirl It goes to my head like brandy I enjoy being a girl With someone with eyes that smolder Says he loves every silken curl That falls on my ivory shoulder I enjoy being a girl When I hear a complementary whistle That greets my bikini by the sea I turn and I glower and I gristle But I'm happy to know the whistles meant for me I'm strictly a female female And my future I hope will be In the home of a brave and free male Who'll enjoy being a guy, having a girl like me