Description
Words and music by David W Solomons, a bitter-sweet and somewhat camp comic song about personal ads, all invented for the purpose (tempting though it was to use real ones!)
Performed by Stephen Taylor (countertenor) and Jonathan Leonard (piano), from the CD Songs of Solomons
Young man, twenty four,
lookin’ for a soul mate:
slim dark handsome versatile.
Who will answer?
Will it be the man of my dreams?
Will he be the one,
will he write to me,
will he like my style,
will we get on?
Looking, just looking
at the personal ads,
can we find true love?
Are they the people
waiting only for us?
Waiting for a letter,
waiting for a letter,
looking, looking.
Kindly lady, thirty eight,
cuddly, butch and lively,
likes a laugh and country walks.
Who will answer?
Will it be the girl of my dreams?
Will she be the one,
will she write to me,
will she like my style,
will we get on?
Looking, just looking
at the personal ads,
can we find true love?
Are they the people
waiting only for us?
Waiting for a letter,
waiting for a letter,
looking, looking.
Leather wearing, fifty four,
into whips and bondage:
genuine answers only, please!
Who will answer,
will it be the whip of my dreams?
Will he be the one,
will he write to me,
will he like my style,
will we get on?
Looking, just looking
at the personal ads,
can we find true love?
Are they the people
waiting only for us?
Waiting for a letter,
waiting for a letter,
looking, looking.
Grey panther ninety two,
into older women,
cuddle to my Zimmerframe,
Who will answer,
will it be the crutch of my dreams?
Will she be the one,
will she write to me,
will she like my style,
will we get on?
Looking, just looking
at the personal ads,
can we find true love?
Are they the people
waiting only for us?
Waiting for a letter,
waiting for a letter,
looking, looking.