302. You’re Too Lovely To Last

Teddy McRae & C. Beal & E. Fraser

Just when you are near
When I hold you fast
Then my dreams will whisper
You’re too lovely to last

Lips are saying love
All worries have passed
Then I get that feeling
You’re too lovely to last

Will I ever know a real love?
So I can forget you
Will I always have to steal love?
What am I to do?

Soon the night is gone
Dreams are fading fast
Then I wake up knowing
You’re too lovely to last

(bridge)

Will I ever know a real love?
So I can forget you
Will I always have to steal love?
What am I to do?

Soon the night is gone
Dreams are fading fast
Then I wake up knowing
You’re too lovely to last

Baby you’re too lovely
You’re much too lovely to last

 

2nd version

Just when you are near
When I hold you fast
Then my dreams will whisper
You’re too lovely to last

Lips are saying love
All worries have passed
Then I get that feeling
You’re too lovely to last

Will I ever know a real love?
So I can forget you
Will I always have to steal love?
What am I to do?

Soon the night is gone
Dreams are fading fast
Then I wake up knowing
You’re too lovely to last

(bridge)

Will I ever know a real love?
So I can forget you
Will I always have to steal love?
What am I to do?

Soon the night is gone
Dreams are fading fast
Then I wake up knowing
You’re too lovely to last

Baby you’re too lovely
You’re much too lovely to last

301. You’re So Desirable

Ray Noble

You’re so desirable
I just can’t resist you
You’re so desirable
I have to give in
That firm resolve I made
Has vanished away now
I’m happy to say now
You win

You’re so adorable
The moment I saw you
It’s just deplorable
The fool that I’ve been
And yet I’m glad
You got my heart dear
Like a butterfly on a pin
You’re so desirable
I had to give in

 

2nd version

You’re so desirable
I just can’t resist you
You’re so desirable
I have to give in
That firm resolve I made
Has vanished away now
I’m happy to say now
You win

You’re so adorable
The moment I saw you
It’s just deplorable
The fool that I’ve been
And yet I’m glad
You got my heart dear
Like a butterfly on a pin
You’re so desirable
I had to give in

300. You’re My Thrill (1933)

lyrics by Sidney Clare

music by Jay Gorney

You’re my thrill
You do something to me
You send chills right through me
When I look at you
‘Cause you’re my thrill

You’re my thrill
How my pulse increases
I just go to pieces
When I look at you
‘Cause you’re my thrill

Hmmm, nothing seems to matter
Hmmm, here’s my heart on a silver platter
Where’s my will
Why this strange desire
That keeps mounting higher
When I look at you
I can’t keep still
You’re my thrill

(bridge)

Where’s my will
Why this strange desire
That keeps mounting higher
When I look at you
I can’t keep still
You’re my thrill

 

2nd version

You’re my thrill
You do something to me
You send chills right through me
When I look at you
‘Cause you’re my thrill

You’re my thrill
How my pulse increases
I just go to pieces
When I look at you
‘Cause you’re my thrill

Hmmm,
Nothing seems to matter
Hmmm,
Here’s my heart on a silver platter
Where’s my will
Why this strange desire
That keeps mounting higher
When I look at you
I can’t keep still
You’re my thrill

Hmmm, nothing seems to matter
Here’s my heart on a silver platter
I lost my way can we
Why this strange desire
That keeps mounting higher
When I look at you
I can’t keep still
You’re my thrill

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299. You’re Just A No Account

S. Cahn & S. Chaplin

You’re just a no account
You never will amount to nothin’ at all
When there is work to do and someone yells for you
You don’t hear them call
The Good Lord set aside his Sundays
For folks to rest
More that one day’s rest is wrong
You start restin’ Sunday and rest so hard
You’re tired the whole week long
You’re just a no account
You never will amount to nothin’ at all

I just can’t figure how each time you milk the cow
The tit gets so small
We got machines to do your work for you
But you won’t press the button on the wall
You’re just a no account
You never will amount to nothin’ at all

(bridge)

You’re just a no account
You never will amount to nothin’ at all
I just can’t figure how each time you milk the cow
The tit gets so small
We got machines to do your work for you
But you won’t press the button on the wall
You’re just a no account
You never will amount to nothin’ at all

No account
You never will amount to nothin’ at all

 

298. You’re Gonna See A Lot Of Me

A. Hoffman & A. Goodhard & M. Curtis

I’m gonna get you, I’m gonna get you
I’ll make you love me wait and see
Both day and night and night and day
You’re gonna see a lot of me

I’m gonna haunt you, I’m gonna haunt you
Oh what a pest I’m gonna be
Both day and night and night and day
You’re gonna see a lot of me

I’ll be the spoon in your coffee
The knife that butters your bread
If I sound a little bit off it
That’s because, because, because
you’ve gone to my head

If you’re in China, I’ll go to China
I’ll never, never let you free
Both day and night and night and day
You’re gonna see a lot of me

 

2nd version

I’m gonna get you, I’m gonna get you
I’ll make you love me wait and see
Both day and night and night and day
You’re gonna see a lot of me

I’m gonna haunt you, I’m gonna haunt you
Oh what a pest I’m gonna be
Both day and night and night and day
You’re gonna see a lot of me

I’ll be the spoon in your coffee
The knife that butters your bread
If I sound a little bit off it
That’s because, because, because
you’ve gone to my head

If you’re in China, I’ll go to China
I’ll never, never let you free
Both day and night and night and day
You’re gonna see a lot of me

297. You’re Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) (1930)

lyrics and music by Walter Donaldson

You,
You’re driving me crazy!
What did I do?
What did I do
To you?
My tears for you
Make everything hazy
Clouding the skies
Of blue

How true
Were the friends who were near me
To cheer me
When I needed you
But you
Were the kind who would hurt me
Desert me
When I’m feeling blue

Yes, you
You’re driving me crazy!
What did I do?
What did I do
To you?

How true
Were the friends who were near me
To cheer me
When I needed you
But you
Of the kind who would hurt me
Desert me
When I’m feeling blue

Hey, you
You’re driving me crazy!
What did I do?
What did I do
To you?

You’re driving me crazy!

 

2nd version

You,
You’re driving me crazy!
What did I do?
What did I do
To you?
My tears for you
Make everything hazy
Clouding my skies
Of blue

How true
Were the friends who were near me
To cheer me
When I needed you
But you
Were the kind who would hurt me
Desert me
When I’m feeling blue

Yes, you
You’re driving me crazy!
What did I do?
What did I do
To you?

How true
Were the friends who were near me
To cheer me
When I needed you
But you
Of the kind who would hurt me
Desert me
When I’m feeling blue

Hey, you
You’re driving me crazy!
What did I do?
What did I do
To you?

You’re driving me crazy!

 

3rd version

You,
You driving me crazy!
What did I do?
What did I do
To you?
My tears for you
Make everything hazy
Clouding my skies
Of blue

How true
Were the friends who were near me
To cheer me
When I needed you
But you
Were the kind who would hurt me
Desert me
When I’m feeling blue

Hey, you
You’re driving me crazy!
What did I do?
What did I do
To you?

How true
Were the friends who were near me
To cheer me
When I needed you
But you
Were the kind who would hurt me
Desert me
When I’m feeling blue

Yes, you
You’re driving me crazy!
What did I do?
What did I do
To you?

296. You’re A Lucky Guy

Sammy Cahn & Saul Chaplin

You’re a lucky guy when you consider
The highest bidder can’t buy
The gleam in your eyes
You’re a lucky guy
Thank you lucky stars
You’ve got a honey who wants no money
She’ll take you just as you are
Thank you lucky stars

Hey fellow say fellow
Don’t you realize it’s fated you rated
Open up your eyes

You’re lucky guy
You’re just beginning so have your inning
And let your troubles boom by
No one can deny you’re a lucky guy

(bridge)

You’re a lucky guy when you consider
The highest bidder can’t buy
The gleam in your eyes
You’re a lucky guy
Thank you lucky stars
You’ve got a honey she wants no money
She’ll take you just as you are
Thank you lucky stars

Hey fellow say fellow
Look at Mr. (Dore?)
He’s yelling and he’s telling
Even he must know

You’re a lucky guy
So why not treasure your highest pleasure
And live right up till you die
No one can deny boy
You’re a lucky guy

 

295. Your Mother’s Son-In-Law

Alberta Nichols & Mann Holiner

You don’t have to have a hanker

To be a broker or a banker

No siree just simply be

My mother’s son-in-law

Needn’t even think of tryin’

To be a mighty social lion

Sipping tea  if you’ll be

My mother’s son-in-law

Ain’t got the least desire

To set the world on fire

Just wish you’d make it proper

To call my old man papa

You don’t have to sing like Bledsoe

You can tell the world I said so

Can’t you see you’ve got to be

My mother’s son-in-law

(bridge)

You don’t have to sing like Jessel

You can tell the world I said so

Can’t you see you’ve got to be

My mother’s son-in-law

Jules Bledsoe (1897-1943) was a famous American opera singer. He was in the cast of Jerome Kern’s play Showboat where he sang Ol’ Man River. The show premiered in December 27, 1927.

George Jessel (1898–1981) was a popular U.S. actor and singer by the time the song was composed.

294. You Turned The tables On Me (1935)

Louis Alter & Mitchell

You turned the tables on me
And now I’m falling for you
You turned the tables on me
I can’t believe that it’s true

I always thought when you brought
The lovely present you bought
Why hadn’t you brought me more
But now if you’d come
I’d welcome anything
From the five and ten cent store

You used to call me the top
You put me up on a throne
You let me fall with a drop
And now I’m out on my own
But after thinking it over and over
I got what was coming to me
Just like the sting of a bee
You turned the tables on me

(bridge)

You used to call me the top
You put me up on a throne
You let me fall with a drop
And now I’m out on my own
But after thinking it over and over
I got what was coming to me
Just like the sting of a bee
You turned the tables on me

From the film Sing Baby Sing

293. You Took Advantage Of Me (1928) 

Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Music by Richard Rodgers 

I’m a sentimental sap that’s all
What’s the use of trying not to fall
I have no will
You’ve made your kill
‘Cause you took advantage of me

I’m just like an apple on a bough
And you’re gonna shake me down somehow
So what’s the use
You’ve cooked my goose
‘Cause you took advantage of me

I’m so hot and bothered that I don’t know
My elbow from my ear
I suffer something awful each time you go
Much worse when you’re near
Here I am with all my bridges burned
Just a babe in arms where you are concerned
So lock the doors and call me yours
‘Cause you took advantage of me

(bridge)

I’m just like an apple on a bough
And you’re gonna shake me down somehow
So what’s the use
You’ve cooked my goose
‘Cause you took advantage of me

I’m so hot and bothered that I don’t know
My elbow from my ear
I suffer something awful each time you go
Much worse when you are near
Here I am with all my bridges burned
Just a babe in arms where you’re concerned
So lock the doors and call me yours
‘Cause you took advantage of me

 

From the show Present Arms with  Joyce Barbour and Busby Berkeley