If I'm a guy who doesn't seem so merry, It's just because I'm so misunderstood. When I was young I ate a dictionary, And that did not do me a bit of good. For I've absorbed so many words and phrases— They drive me dizzy when I want to speak. I start explaining but each person gazes As if I spoke in Latin or in Greek.
Ira GershwinHolding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky... Nice work if you can get it And you can get it -- if you try.
Ira GershwinThe way you wear your hat, The way you sip your tea, The mem'ry of all that -- No, no! They can't take that away from me!
Ira GershwinIf you'll promise not to cry, Baby, I will kiss you by-and-by—Maybe! Though you're six feet three, You will always be Nothing but a Baby, dear, to me.
Ira GershwinThere's a somebody I'm longing to see, I hope that he, turns out to be, someone to watch over me.
Ira GershwinSummer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high. Oh, yo' daddy's rich, and yo' ma' is good-lookin', So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry.
Ira GershwinThe future of this nation, with the present generation, You must admit is nothing but a joke
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