Love is the darndest
thing - Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
Daughter dear, it's time I had a little talk with you…
(Mother dear, it's time I had a little talk with YOU)…
about your future and your aims in life
(Uh-oh…Mother dear, the only thing I ever want to do is just grow up and
be somebody's wife).
Ah me, I figured it would come to this:
What ev'ry young girl wants is wedded bliss.
(And you'd better teach me plenty, 'cause when I reach twenty, I'd rather be a
Mrs. than a Miss!).
Well, once I met a fellow…(Uh-huh)… and then, I fell in love...(Sounds
wonderful!)…
and then his heart grew mellow while counting stars above (Oh boy!).
Then sentimental words, and pretty soon I found that I was on a honeymoon
(And then?!?). And then…
Doin' the dishes, pushin' a broom, washin' the windows and dustin' the room –
And cabbage was never my fav'rite perfume:
Love is the darndest thing.
Hang out the laundry, mop up the floor, polish the silver and run to the store
–
and then have to listen to somebody snore:
Love is the darndest thing!
He always brought me orchids and things that I adored:
Last week I had a birthday, he gave me a brand new ironing board!
Darn, those potatoes are so hard to peel;
Just burned my hands on a roast leg of veal.
That man in the moon is a horrible heel: Love is the darndest thing.
I make the nicest dinner, then wait and wait and wait.
And then, just like this evening, he calls up and says he's working late.
Two lonely women, oh where is that guy?
He should be singing you Brahm's Lullaby.
Instead, he's out sayin', ""Here's mud in your eye!""
Love is the darndest thing! (I'm glad you told me!)
Love is the darndest thing! (I'll stay single!)
Love is the darndest thing! (I'll be an old maid!)
Love is the darndest thing!
