Ah! But Underneath (From "Follies, 1987")-Cleo Laine

[00:08.20] Never judge a book by its cover... [00:11.19] The thing that counts is what's inside [00:14.88] Never judge a lady by her lover... [00:18.92] It isn't a reliable guide [00:21.87] [00:23.11] The lady may decide her obligations [00:26.32] Are merely to reflect his expectations [00:30.17] If his idea of ecstasy's [00:31.98] To see what he expects to see -- [00:34.26] Well, ignorance is bliss [00:36.50] But think of what he'll miss... [00:39.65] [00:43.37] She was smart, tart, dry as a martini [00:51.38] Ah, but underneath... [00:53.90] She was all heart, something by Puccini [00:59.12] Ah, but underneath... [01:00.74] [01:02.26] In the depths of her interior [01:06.14] Were fears she was inferior [01:09.71] And something even eerier [01:13.66] But no one dared to query her superior exterior [01:17.66] [01:25.15] She was chic, sleek, anything in fashion [01:29.25] That was just a shell [01:32.58] Take a close peek, you could see the passion [01:37.17] That was one as well [01:40.16] [01:40.79] To conclude, you'd soon discover the secret of her appeal [01:48.08] Was the wonder which lay underneath [01:53.78] Which she wasn't about to reveal [01:56.98] [02:09.23] That was her liability, the curse of versatility [02:16.42] She'd only allow a man to see enough to fan his fantasy [02:21.02] She made compliance into a science [02:28.15] One of the giants [02:31.74] Loud or lewd or lah-di-dah-dee [02:33.68] Everything to everybody [02:47.90] As changeable as a chameleon with all that entails [02:56.12] But nobody saw what was really underneath all those veils [03:14.75] She was grand, bland, brave or brisk or brittle [03:19.61] Anything required... [03:22.68] Both concerned and strictly non-committal [03:27.58] And a little tired... [03:30.73] She was deftly deferential, or so they wrote on her wreath [03:38.43] No one ever glimpsed her potential [03:42.55] But when stripped down to the essential... [03:46.46] Mind you, this is confidential... [03:50.43] Way down underneath! [03:54.13] She was... [03:57.69] She was... [04:01.54] She was... [04:05.06] Sometimes when the wrappings fall [04:07.61] There's nothing underneath at all!