Gonna get me a girlfriend, do whatever   She says   Gonna get me a girlfriend and do whatever   She says   And I feel her manager, or her   Passenger, or her furniture   Gonna get me a friend and do whatever   She says      Gotta get me a girlfriend, ooh, before I   Get lost   Gotta get me a girlfriend, ooh, whatever    the cost      I don’t care if she’s an alcoholic and a    Possible genius   (Like Jackson Pollack)   Gotta get me a girlfriend, do whatever   She says      Gotta get it together, forever,    With my swan   Gotta get it together, forever,    Like we’re swans   I don’t care if she’s a nun or a bawd   Either way’s the way that pleases the Lord   Get me a girlfriend and do whatever   She does, or does not want      I’ll be lucky to get me one undiseased    And poor   I’ll be lucky to get me one what am filthy   And rich   ‘Cause you can’t stay liquid all your life   and a girlfriend helps to solidify    get me a girlfriend and do whatever    she says      If she breaks my heart I know what to do,    I’ll be fine   Gotta tell her story better than she’s gonna tell mine   ‘Cause What has How, and Where has When   But Why is lonelier without a friend   Get me a girlfriend, do whatever she says