(mary dee's office)      Women's chorus (office staff)   Working women at the top,   Will it ever stop?    Papers piling up and up.   Days go by like monday, tuesday:   Work until we drop!   All the time looking great,   Running late,   In a state, losing weight,   Running late again   And again.      Mary dee   Let me have the letter that you typed up yesterday.   Did mr. fisher send the fax to la?    Make sure the flowers don't arrive too late   And cancel my appointment at the squash club.      Women's chorus   What club?       Mary dee   Squash club.      Women's chorus   Working women on the go,   Will they ever know   What it takes to run the show?    Days go by like lightning,   Will it ever slow?    Half the time feeling dead,   Over-fed,   Aching head,   Miss my bed.   Over-fed again and again.      Mary dee   Did they ever pick up the accountant's resume?    Make sure the car arrives in time for the plane.   Get me the details of the takeover bid   And write another letter to the minister.      Women's chorus   Minister?       Mary dee   The minister of love.      Women's chorus   Love.   (la)      Mary dee   Where's the time for standing still?       Women's chorus   Holding hands and walking free.      Mary dee   Where's the time for you...      Mary dee and women's chorus   And me?       Mary dee   Did I sign the letter that you typed up yesterday?    Is mr. fisher on the flight to la?    He's got the details of the takeover bid   And I'll be in a meeting with the minister.      Women's chorus   Minister, minister of love.      Love.      Mary dee   Feeling confusion,   Fear of intrusion,   Frightened of losing my mind.   Dreams of the future,   Thoughts of myself left behind.      Women's chorus   Working women at the top.      Mary dee   Will I ever stop?    Orders piling up and up.      Women's chorus   Days go by like thursday, friday.      Mary dee   Always on the go.   Part of myself lives inside.      (shanty's office)      Men's chorus   When you ask a working man,   'does he ever stop? '   Will he make it to the top?    Should he take a break on sunday?    Work until he drop.      Shanty   My early days in school required   A lot of concentration   I was finding out.      But now in later years I find   My colleagues here are more inclined   To mess about.   My wife at home   Would surely never understand   If I so much as look at someone else      Men's chorus   If men had been the faithful sort   It surely would have changed the course of history.      Don't ask me who the first man was   That dared to take a mistress,   It's a mystery.   Your wife at home   Would surely have to understand   If you were ever seen with someone else.      Mr. dingle   Oh, no she won't!      Men's chorus   You wouldn't dare!      Shanty   Oh, yes I would!      Mr, dingle   Oh, no you don't!      Men's chorus   All things matrimonial   Carry with them certain responsibilities.      Shanty and mr. dingle   (ah)   Carry with them certain responsibilities.      Mr. dingle   Let's find ourselves a little hostelry   Where you can sit and have a drink on me.   We'll get a chance   To talk about anyone who bothers us.      There's so much more to life than meets the eye,   It's quite enough to make a throat feel dry.   So let's repair   To where no-one else would dare to bother us.      Let's have a drink   While we think what to do.   And while we think,   I'll accept a little drink from you.      If everybody took a serious view of life,   We all would feel the same as you.   But, as it is,   We don't, so it isn't gonna bother us.      Let's have a drink   While we think what to do.   And while we think,   I'll accept a little drink from you.      Mary dee   Part of myself grows inside.