How often does it happen
That a secretary's boss wants to marry her?
Hallelujah

How often does the dream come true
Without a sign of conflict or barrier?
Hallelujah

Why treat the man
Like he was a typhoid carrier?
How often can you fly
From this land of carbon paper
To the land of flowered chintz?
Hallelujah

How often does a Cinderella
Get a crack at the prince?
Cinderella and the prince

Don't you realize
You're a real live fairytale?
A symbol divine
So if not for your own sake
Please darling, for mine

Don't, don't, don't, Cinderella, darling
Don't turn down the prince

Don't rewrite your story
You're the legend, the folklore
The working girls dream of glory

We were raised on you, darling
And we've loved you ever since
Don't mess up a major miracle
Don't, Cinderella, don't turn down the prince

Oh, let us live it with you
Each hour of each day
On from Bergdorf Goodman
To Elizabeth Arden

In the station wagon
Hurry from Twenty-One
To the Tarrytown, PTA
(No, New Rochelle)

New Rochelle PTA

Oh, do not leave us minus
Our vicarious bonus
We want to see his highness
Married to your lowness
On you, Cinderella, sits the onus

So when you name the happy day
Please phone us
Phone us

But don't, don't, don't, Cinderella, darling
Don't turn down the prince

Why spoil our enjoyment?
You're the fable, the symbol
Of glorified unemployment

We were raised on you, darling
And we've loved you ever since
Don't louse up our favorite fairytale
Don't, Cinderella

Don't, don't, don't, don't, Cinderella
Don't, don't, don't
Don't, Cinderella, don't
Don't turn down the prince

All right I'll give him one more chance
Hallelujah