Fred Small - Big Italian Rose Lyrics
She was riding on the airline leafing through their magazineThey said, "We'll fly you to the homeland that you have never seen"Smiling tourists in the picture back in sunny ItalySaid she, "These pretty people don't look anything like me!"CHORUS:"I'm a big Italian woman and I want the world to seeAll the big Italian women who look just like meYou can take your slender models and their Fifth Avenue clothesBut you'll never find a flower like the big Italian rose!"Well, the more she thought about it, the more it made her madHow they make you feel so ugly, they make you feel so badSell you junk food and booze then make you diet till you're deadShe sat and wrote a letter and this is what it said:CHORUS"Well, I'm nearly fifty-seven, my hair is turning grayThe dress I wore at twenty I cannot wear todayJust an ordinary woman and it sure would make me gladJust for once to see someone like me in your ad."CHORUSThree weeks later came an answer, from New York it was sentSaid, "We'd like to take your picture for our next advertisement."Soon magazines across the nation in a prominent placeShowed a big Italian woman with a smile on her face.CHORUS
