Pity The Boy Lyrics - Singles - Ralph Mctell

Pity the boy who marries for money 

Or wealth and position 

Thinking his troubles will fade out of mind. 

Pity the boy who marries for beauty 

Only to find like a flower in the morning it withers and dies. 

Better by far to marry for love, 

Stay broke for the rest of your days 

Than to settle down for the sake of 

Ending your rambling ways 

And they won't end 

And thinking about them 

Your time you will spend. 

Pity the girl who marries for duty 

Believing in time if she works at her heart 

It will turn into love. 

Pity the girl who marries for strength 

And protection, she'll find 

In the shade of a great tree nothing can grow. 

Better by far to marry for love 

And stay broke for the rest of your days 

Than to settle down for the sake of 

Ending the games you have played 

They won't end 

And thinking about them 

Your time you will spend.