The Boy Friend - Original London Cast

Any girl who’s reached the age

Of seventeen or thereabout

Has but one desire in view

She knows she has reached the stage

Of needing one to care about

Nothing else will really do

Childhood games are left behind

And her heart takes wing

Hoping that it soon will find

Just one thing

We’ve got to have

We plot to have

For it’s so dreary not to have

That certain thing called the boy friend

We dream about

And scheme about

And we’ve been known to scream about

That certain thing called the boy friend

He is really a necessity

If you want to get on

And we might as well confess it, he

Is a sine qua non

We sigh for him

And cry for him

And we would gladly die for him

That certain thing called the boy friend

We need to have

We plead to have

In fact, our poor hearts bleed to have

That certain thing called the boy friend

We’d save for him

And slave for him

We’d even misbehave for him

That certain thing called the boy friend

Life without us is quite impossible

And devoid of all charms

No amount of idle gossip’ll

Keep them out of our arms

We’re blue without

Can’t do without

Our dreams just can’t come true without

That certain thing called the boyfriend

(dance break)

We’re blue without

Can’t do without

Our dreams just can’t come true without

That certain thing called the boyfriend