Ingenue - Loudon Wainwright III

Well, I’m out on the prowl, looking for an ingenue

Someone young and pretty that I can be a leading man to

And it may be a cliché, but it’s also my fantasy

It’s never been fulfilled, but it still holds water for me

Come on, darling, be my ingenue

You best be a good looker, stimulating to talk to

Come on, darling, fulfill my fantasy

I’m on a world wide search — won’t you please be my discovery

She don’t have to be an actress, but she needs that classic quality

A tigress or an heiress, a stewardess is fine with me

All she has to realize is that I’m gonna be her leading man

And I’ll take Audrey over Catherine

'Cause Catherine can get a little out of hand

I’m not looking for one true love, just an occasional ingenue

I got them «leading man in search of this fantasy» fulfillment blues

And I’ll keep prowlin' and a-searchin'

There ain’t no way I’m gonna quit

There must be an ingenue out there

Ready and willing to submit to my every whim

Come on, darling, won’t you be my ingenue?

You best be a good looker and a pretty good cooker and a hooker

And stimulating to talk to

Come on, darlin', fulfill my fantasy

Hey, I’m a world wide search — won’t you please be my discovery