"Chain Store Daisy" lyrics
Rose Marie Jun Lyrics
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 thesised and examed until I got me a diploma
"Ah-hah," they said
Now comes admission
Into a very high position
Out I went and looked around
And Macy's is 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
They made me say "Ah" and told me to grunt
Examined my back, examined my front
Then they tested my "I.Q."
And asked me 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 seventy-three
I used to be on the daisy chain
Now I'm a chain-store daisy
Once they gave 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 three-fifty
Better grade four sixty-nine
I sell bras and girdles
For Mauds and Myrtles
To hold in their plump
Behind this counter
Once I wrote poems, put folks in tears
Now I write checks for ladies' brassieres
I used to be on the daisy chain
Now I'm a chain-store daisy
Oh, yes, Madam. Oh, no, Madam
I guess, Madam. That's so, Madam
Of course, Madam. That's the very best
Exactly the kind that's worn by Mae West
For you, Madam, we do, Madam
That's true, Madam. In blue, Madam
That one is nineteen seventy-four
It ought to be expensive
It's the largest in the store
Once I had a yearning
For all higher learning
Studied 'til I made the grade
I pursued my knowledge
And finished college
Well, look at the kind of grade I made
I'm now selling things to fit to the figure
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
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 thesised and examed until I got me a diploma
"Ah-hah," they said
Now comes admission
Into a very high position
Out I went and looked around
And Macy's is 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
They made me say "Ah" and told me to grunt
Examined my back, examined my front
Then they tested my "I.Q."
And asked me 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 seventy-three
I used to be on the daisy chain
Now I'm a chain-store daisy
Once they gave 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 three-fifty
Better grade four sixty-nine
I sell bras and girdles
For Mauds and Myrtles
To hold in their plump
Behind this counter
Once I wrote poems, put folks in tears
Now I write checks for ladies' brassieres
I used to be on the daisy chain
Now I'm a chain-store daisy
Oh, yes, Madam. Oh, no, Madam
I guess, Madam. That's so, Madam
Of course, Madam. That's the very best
Exactly the kind that's worn by Mae West
For you, Madam, we do, Madam
That's true, Madam. In blue, Madam
That one is nineteen seventy-four
It ought to be expensive
It's the largest in the store
Once I had a yearning
For all higher learning
Studied 'til I made the grade
I pursued my knowledge
And finished college
Well, look at the kind of grade I made
I'm now selling things to fit to the figure
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
