Skip to content
Lyric
Dive
Public playlists
My playlists
Search
Sign in
Ein Hübscher Krieg
Orchester der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien
Popularity · Low
+
🇬🇧 English · Original
0
0
Listen
YouTube
1
2
3
0:00 / 0:00
Loading YouTube player...
Lyrics offset
Synced
Lyrics
Original
Translation
Bilingual
[LARISCH]
If a girl
Is enamoured of a certain man
She must learn
To manoeuvre with a master plan
All the men insist on beauty
Though we know that's such a bore
We must try to be pleasing to the eye if we want to win the war
So you start
By intriguing with a hint of lace
Velveteen
Will allow you to pursue the chase
Use a subterfuge of satin
A conspiracy of silk
Some brocade
And they're suddenly afraid
With some taffeta to trap
You can easily invade
You can try brocales
And if all else fails
Add a touch of suede!
[MARY]
Suede?
[LARISCH]
Step it up
By attacking with a parasol
[MARY]
Oh my!
[LARISCH]
Forge ahead!
Escalating to a tasselled shawl
With a bonnet made to ravish
And a hat pin bayonet
Open fire
'til he's riddled with desire
You'll get him yet!
Don't stop now!
Captivate him with a dainty shoe
Lift your veil!
It’s the military thing to do
Spring an ambush with your corset
Use a bustle as your bomb
Take a sash
And you give a little lash
With a petticoat in two
You can really make him thrash
In the martial arts
You can win those hearts
With a bit of flash!
The gods of war just wanted Venus
Old Mars he loved her crinoline
And you can bet his winsome goddess
She had a bodice that did him in!
Now he’s weak
[MARY]
So imprison him with strings of pearls
[LARISCH]
Lay your siege
You can hold him in a mane of curls
When he sees your plunging neckline
[MARY]
He will dive into the breach
[LARISCH]
It’s a chore but you gotta give him more
Pin him to your pinafore
Pull him with your pompadour
Ladies, off to the front - enlist!
[MARY]
Ladies, charge into ever tryst!
[LARISCH]
Ladies, strike while he can’t resist!
[BOTH]
Oh men demand a cutie
So we know it is our duty
To defeat them with our beauty
Oh it’s such a pretty war!