everyone stopped when she walked in the room   Isn't this the greatest thing    Everyone own up but nobody could touch her    Isn't this the greatest thing    punch the clock keep boxing clever    You'll be young enough for ever    Isn't this the greatest thing    Isn't this the greatest thing    I heard some new confection    Said we can't afford to feel affection    And it's the lastest thing    In and out of matrimony    Never once removed the Sony    'Cos it's a status thing    So girls like that above described    Are not to be so easily bribed    With a white frock and a ring    punch the clock and in time you'll get pulled apart    if you're married on paper and not in your heart    But I won't be told that life with the one you love is sordid    Just because some authority says you can't afford it    Since nights were long and days were olden    Woman to man has been beholden    But since then times have been changing    She sends back his tribute of a rose    And says this ring is better suited for the nose    He's always fingering    I punch the clock and it's ok   I know a girl who takes my breath away    And it's the greatest    And it's the greatest thing