Chain Store Daisy

Chain Store Daisy - Rose Marie Jun/Jack Carroll/Barbra Streisand (芭芭拉·史翠珊)

When I was young

I studied hard and thirsted after knowledge

And often burned the midnight oil

So I could get to college

They told me my fine education

Would help improve my situation

So then I crammed and crammed

'Til I was almost in a coma

And CC's and exams 'til I got me a diploma

Aha they said now comes admission

Into a very high position

So out I went and looked around

And Macy's was the place I found

I filled my blanks and application

And went for my examination

They took my weight and took my height

And tapped my chest and tested my sight

Examined my head took prints of my toes

Looked at my teeth and up my nose

Examined my throat and measured my hips

And even took prints of my fingertips

Made me say Ah and told me to grunt

Examined my back examined my front

Then they tested my IQ

And asked what I'd like to do

And when that exam was through

What there was to know Macy's knew

So I got the job

Life is a bitter cup of tea

Now I'm just Salesgirl 73

I used to be on the daisy chain

Now I'm a chain store daisy

Once they give me the honor seat

Now I stand up with pains in my feet

I used to be on the daisy chain

Now shoppers drive me crazy

I sell smart but thrifty

Corsets at $350

Better grades $469

I sell bras and gerters

For mauds and murd'rers

To holding their plump behind this counter

Once I wrote poems put folk in tears

Now I write checks for lady's brassieres

I used to be on the daisy chain

Now I'm a chain store daisy

Oh yes madame

Oh no madame

I guess madame

That's so madame

Of course madame

That's the very best

For you madame

We do madame

That's true madame

In blue madame

Oh that one is $1974

It ought to be expensive

It's the largest in the store

Once I had a yearning for all higher learning

And studied to make the grade

Well look at the kind of grade I made

I'm selling things to fit the figger

Make the big things small and the small things bigger

I used to be on the daisy chain

Now I'm a chain store daisy