How Long Has This Been Going On
- words by Ira Gershwin, music by George Gershwin
- from the Broadway Musical "Rosalie" (1927)
- as recorded by Ella Fitzgerald and included on the 1993 compilation
  "Crazy For Gershwin"  (MCA Records MCBBD 11025)

I could cry salty tears
Where have I been all these years?
Little wow, tell me now
How long has this been goin' on?

There were chills up my spine
And some thrills I can't define
Listen sweet, I repeat
How long has this been goin' on?

   Oh, I feel that I could melt
   Into heaven I'm hurled
   I know how Columbus felt
   Finding another world

Kiss me once, then once more
What a dunce I was before
What a break, for heaven's sake
How long has this been goin' on?

------ piano ------

Let me dream that it's true

Kiss me twice, then once more
That makes thrice, let's make it four
What a break, for heaven's sake
How long has this been goin' on?

Lyrics kindly provided by Wayne