This piece is from the score of the original stage musical Cupid’s Arrow. It is performed by the character Leslie.
Listen to .mp3 sample of All of Those Men Are the Same from the Original Cast Recording.
See the Cupid’s Arrow post for Original Cast Recording performance credits.
2007, 1988 Mark S. Meritt
Lyrics & Book Excerpt
LESLIE (sings):
The conversation was very thin
And it just kept getting thinner.
I never should have said yes to him
When he asked me out to dinner.
It was all just a big mistake
I invited in.
All I did was order lasagna.
Now is that a sin?
Men never give me the respect I want.
I wish they’d get it through their thickheaded brains
That I want to be looked upon
As more than just a stupid dame.
A woman should be more than a household pet.
An animal that’s theirs to tame.
But I know what they’re trying to get
Because all of those men are the same!
I always went in blind and innocent.
I was so naive.
Head over heels you cannot tell
That all they do is deceive.
Even with all this,
I don’t understand why I don’t leave.
I thought I outgrew childhood crushes.
Now I don’t know what to believe.
I’m sick and tired of losing out
And always taking the blame.
They’re so pathetically artificial
It’s enough to drive me insane!
I’ve just about had enough of playing
All the chauvinistic games.
Why do I have to put up with this?
Oh, all of those men are the same!
I always went in blind and innocent.
I was so naive.
Head over heels you cannot tell
That all they do is deceive.
Even with all this,
I don’t understand why I don’t leave.
I thought I outgrew childhood crushes.
Now I don’t know what to believe.
Every relationship I’ve been in
The man had hold of the reigns.
And the only things they gave me
Were anger, heartache, and pain.
Why did I waste my time
When I had nothing to gain?
I’m never gonna do that again
Because all of those men are the same.
© 2007 Mark S. Meritt; © 1988 Mark S. Meritt and Ed Budd