[Intro]
I'd like to sing you a song
About the sort of man we girls all dream about
If he ever comes along
He may mean happiness or misery
But it's heaven just the same

[Chorus]
They call him "Good for nothing"
He isn't much to see
But I've a funny feeling
He's the right guy for me

[Verse]
In a waterfront dive full of wretches and vagabonds
Planning their ill-gotten gains
There came a mysterious stranger
With the salt of the sea in his veins
Though he seemed to be going downhill
In a world of forgotten men
Still he gave me a queer sort of thrill
That decided me there and then to say:
"Doggone you
Snap out of it!
This is love!"
There wasn't a doubt of it
[Chorus]
They call him "Good for nothing"
He isn't much to see
But I am sure that he is
The right guy for me

[Bridge]
There will come a day
When he'll sail away
Without even saying goodbye
Though I'll swear at him
And I'll glare at him
I'll be his 'til the day I die

[Chorus]
And as I stand bewildered
Watching the lonely sea
I'll always say that he was
The right guy for me