The Governess Lyrics

I am in love with the governess

She's played by a beautiful actress

Who looks so good in period dress

On Sundays on TV

She cares for the child of a titled squire

Who can't control his base desires

He'll beat his slaves when he retires

Out in the colonies

And it's not going to get any better

No it's not going to get any better

And it's just like Masterpiece Theatre

Since I met her, since I met the governess

She doesn't know who her parents are

But her father had a dueling scar

She takes the child down to the spa

They sit there all alone

They say her parents died at sea

Perhaps she comes from royalty

I hope she's not related to me

When the truth is finally known

And it's not going to get any better

No it's not going to get any better

And it's just like Masterpiece Theatre

Since I met her, since I met the governess

Do I love her?

Of course I do

She has much better lines than you

Do I need her?

Read the script

She finds my note in her pillowslip

I offer my companionship

The scoundrel will not set her free

'Til her ward is married to some Marquis

Says he'll take his whip to me

If I don't stay away from her

The squire is played by Martin Sheen

But it's my cameo that steals the scene

As she gets dressed behind the screen

And We elope to America

And it's not gonna to get any better

No it's gonna get any better

'Til it's just like masterpiece theatre

'Til I get her, 'til I get the governess