(You Should) Meet Benny Bailey (LP Version) - The Manhattan Transfer

Written by：Quincy Jone/Tim Hauser

Let me introduce you

I've heard that boredom's entered your life

And you're feelin' real low

Have you met Benny Bailey

Well he's a fella that you should know

They tell me lassitude's has laid you low

An' you're losin' your grip

You must meet benny bailey

At least he's somebody who is hip

To cure an ennui you need a bon nuit

It's part o' the joie de vie

And his attention I'm loathe to mention

Is incident'ly available

And so if providence should decree

Who'll stand in the way

So you'll meet Benny Bailey

And you'll remember your lucky day

This could be your lucky day

Incident'ly he's the sort

Tho' seen at court

Carries an awful lotta weight

In many less royal quarters

Filled with less than regal daughters

Quite the quixotic Romeo whom every

Filly'll know because they find his

Reputation wherever they go

Whether it's here

Or whether it's in another boudoir

Whee

He's such a scandal really

T' handle him demands a savoir fairer

And a great indulgence rarer

Than any that I've encountered surveyin' the scene

But never mind I'll explain it later

The fact is that he's always ready to please

And that's aroused a lot o'chatter

But it really doesn't matter not to him

No siree it's 'bout as big t'him as any flea

He's gotta be maitre'd

Or so it seems to me

Wait'll y'meet you'll see what I'm sayin'

To cure an ennui

You need a bon nuit

It's part of the joie de vie

He's the kind o'cat people hear about

But in a second handed way

That there's nothing really clear about

Let me introduce you

I've heard that boredom's entered your life

And you're feelin' real low

Have you met Benny Bailey

Well he's a fella that you should know

They tell me lassitude's has laid you low

An' you're losin' your grip

You must meet benny bailey

At least he's somebody who is hip

We're glad you got to meet Benny Bailey