《His Excellency Regrets》歌词

歌曲： His Excellency Regrets

所属专辑：COWARD， Noel: I Wonder What Happened to Him (1944-1951)

歌手： Noel Coward

时长： 03:10

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His Excellency Regrets - Noel Coward[00:00:00]

Written by：Noel Coward[00:00:01]

Now listen please[00:00:04]

I'll tell you confidentially[00:00:05]

How ADCs[00:00:07]

Are trained in social grace[00:00:09]

They must be brave[00:00:11]

For daily[00:00:12]

They're called upon to save[00:00:13]

His excellency's face[00:00:15]

Any explanation[00:00:19]

Of the duties of an ADC[00:00:20]

Proves the complications[00:00:22]

That are rife at government house[00:00:23]

Certain situations[00:00:25]

They could never let a lady see[00:00:27]

There are strange vibrations[00:00:29]

In the life of government house[00:00:30]

Truth is often sacrificed[00:00:32]

For reasons of diplomacy[00:00:34]

That of course you understand[00:00:36]

But all the same[00:00:37]

It must be grand[00:00:38]

To be[00:00:39]

So suave[00:00:40]

So calm[00:00:41]

So dignified[00:00:42]

If you knew what all that signified[00:00:43]

They[00:00:46]

Who break the ninth commandment every day[00:00:49]

Would hang their heads in shame and say[00:00:52]

'Forgive[00:00:54]

We have[00:00:55]

To live[00:00:56]

Officially on feet of clay'[00:00:57]

Every minute[00:01:00]

We're made to sin it[00:01:01]

Is really very depraved[00:01:02]

But to hell with the lies we tell[00:01:04]

His excellency's honour must be saved[00:01:06]

His excellency regrets[00:01:15]

That owing to an attack of gout[00:01:16]

He really dare not venture out[00:01:18]

On Saturday to dine[00:01:20]

His excellency regrets[00:01:22]

That owing to doctor's orders[00:01:23]

He cannot attend the mission tea[00:01:25]

And also must decline[00:01:27]

Your kind invitation[00:01:29]

For Wednesday week[00:01:30]

A slight operation[00:01:32]

And poor circulation[00:01:34]

Combined with a weedy physique[00:01:36]

Has made him unable to speak[00:01:37]

All this in addition to what[00:01:39]

The doctors describe as a clot[00:01:41]

Which may disappear[00:01:43]

By the end of the year[00:01:43]

But may very possibly not[00:01:44]

His excellency regrets[00:01:47]

That owing to his exalted state[00:01:48]

He can no more associate[00:01:50]

With amiable brunettes[00:01:52]

Walk up walk up[00:01:54]

We're willing to take your bets[00:01:55]

That that's one of the principal things his excellency regrets[00:01:57]

So now you know[00:02:00]

About the diplomatic corps[00:02:02]

How it can so[00:02:04]

Corrupt the soul of youth[00:02:05]

Imagine if[00:02:07]

Someday they gave the waiting world a whiff[00:02:09]

Of plain unvarnished truth[00:02:11]

His excellency regrets[00:02:15]

That failing a better alibi[00:02:16]

He must admit he'd rather die[00:02:18]

Than open your bazaar[00:02:20]

His excellency regrets[00:02:22]

That lacking enough official scope[00:02:23]

He can't disband the band of hope[00:02:25]

No matter where they are[00:02:27]

He frankly despises[00:02:29]

The people he rules[00:02:31]

His gorge also rises[00:02:32]

When giving the prizes[00:02:34]

At co educational schools[00:02:36]

To rows of illiterate fools[00:02:37]

And if you should write in the book[00:02:39]

He'll give you a murderous look[00:02:41]

For it ruins his day[00:02:43]

To be taken away[00:02:44]

From his rod and his line and his hook[00:02:45]

His excellency regrets[00:02:47]

He hasn't enough to run the house[00:02:49]

Or pay the staff or feed a mouse[00:02:50]

Upon the pay he gets[00:02:52]

Hey ho hey ho[00:02:54]

He's up to his ears in debts[00:02:56]

But that's one of the least of the things his excellency regrets[00:02:57]