What Makes the woman of today
Think tousled hair is pretty?
It looks as though she just got up!
It really is a pity.

She'll mousse it and she'll bleach it,
And she'll twist it into curls,
Then she'll straighten it and crimp it
To compete with other girls.

She'll spend her time in beauty shops
While catering to fashion,
With dreams that changing hair styles
Will contribute to her passion.

But maybe all her suitors
Wouldn't really care a fig
If she hid that mass of tangled hair
Beneath a pretty wig!

The redheads want to dye it blonde,
The blondes all want it lighter,
But surely, curly haired brunettes
Tie bonds of love much tighter.

My wife is not a redhead,
Or a blonde as you will see;
She's just a happy ex-brunette,
Because she married me.

And now I'm sure you'll have the urge
When you read this to say,
"It's only 'cause she married him
Her hair is turning gray"

But I prefer it just like that,
We've each gone gray together,
And now we make a matching pair
We're both birds of a feather.

Don Mulford. After fifty years together!

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