Bring on the Men -Jekyll and Hyde

It's about time I posted some Frank Wildhorn. Frank (Frankie, as I call him) Wildhorn is the man behind such musicals as The Scarlet Pimpernel, Dracula the Musical, The Count of Monte Cristo, and just about every other musical theater version of a classic novel you ever read in high school. Some might have also heard of him from Bonnie and Clyde or Wonderland. And some may have even heard the little Whitney Houston ditty, Where do Broken Hearts Go?, which he wrote. He's a very talented man as you can see, with a very long resumé, who has yet to win any sort of award for his work. I thought I'd shed some light on his works today and post this number from his Jekyll & Hyde, which falls under the category I lovingly refer to as "Broadway slut-songs." Originally sung by Linda Eder, who originated the role of Lucy, it's great fun and full of some very clever double entendres. The original is actually a group number, but this song works very well as a solo. I hope you join in!
Here are the lyrics:

There was a time
I don't know when
I didn't have much time for men
But this is now and that was then, I'm learning

A girl alone, all on her own
Must try to have a heart of stone
So I try not to make it known my yearning
I try to show I have no need
I really do, I don't succeed

So lets bring on the men
And let the fun begin
A little touch of sin
Why wait another minute

Step this way it's time for us to play
They say we may not pass this way again
So let's waste no more time
Bring on the men

I always knew, I always said
A silk and lace in black and red
Will drive a man right off his head, it's easy

So many men, so little time
I want them all, is that a crime, no
I don't know why they say that I'm too easy
They make me laugh, they make me cry
They make me sick, so God knows why

We say bring on the men
And let the fun begin
A little touch of sin
Why wait another minute

Step this way it's time for us to play
They say we may not pass this way again
So let's waste no more time
Bring on the men

They break your heart
They steal your soul
Take you apart
And yet they somehow make you whole

So what's their game
I suppose a rose by any other name
The perfume and the pricks the same

I like to have a man for breakfast each day
I'm very social and I like it that way
By late mid-morning I need something to munch
So I ask over 2 men for lunch

And men are mad about my afternoon tea's
They're quite informal I just do it to please
Those triple sandwiches are my favorite ones
I'm also very, partial to buns

My healthy appetite gets strongest at night
My at home dinners are my men friends delight
When I invite the fellas over to dine
They all come early, in bed by nine!

So let's bring on the men
And let the fun begin
A little touch of sin
Why wait another minute

Step this way it's time for us to play
They say we may not pass this way again
So let's waste no more time
Bring on the men!

Here is the fabulous Linda Eder singing it in a 1999 concert: