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Song from "Let's Face It!" - 1941 Broadway Musical
Cole Porter - Let's Not Talk About Love Lyrics
JERRY:
My buddies all tell me selectees
Are expected by ladies to neck-tease,
I could talk about love and why not?
But believe me, it wouldn't be so hot.
So --
Let's speak of Lamarr, that Hedy so fair,
Why does she let Joan Bennett wear all her old hair?
If you know Garbo, then tell me this news,
Is it a fact the Navy's launched all her old shoes?
Let's check on the veracity of Barrymore's bibacity
And why his drink capacity should get so much publacity,
Let's even have a huddle over Ha'vard Univassity,
But let's not talk about love.
Let's wish him good luck, let's wish him more pow'r
That Fiorella fella, my favorite flow'r,
Let's get some champagne from over the seas,
And drink to Sammy Goldwyn,
Include me out please.
Let's write a tune that's playable,
A ditty swing-and-swayable,
Or say whatever's sayable, about the Tow'r of Ba-abel,
Let's cheer for the career of itty-bitty Betty Gra-abel,
But let's not talk about love.
Let's talk about drugs, let's talk about dope.
Let's try to picture Paramount minus Bob Hope.
Let's start a new dance, let's try a new step.
Or investigate the source of Missus Roosevelt's pep.
Why not discuss my dee-arie.
The life of Wallace Bee-ry
Or bring a jeroboam on
And write a drunken poem on
Astrology, mythology,
Geology, philology,
Pathology, psychology,
Electro-physiology,
Spermology, phrenology?
I owe you an apology,
But let's not talk about love.
In case you play cards, I've got some right here.
So how about a game o' gin rummy, my dear?
Or if you feel warm and bathin's your whim,
Let's get in the all-together and enjoy a short swim.
No, honey, ah suspect you-all
Of bein' intellectual
And so, instead of gushin' on,
Let's have a big discussion on
Timidity, stupidity, solidity, frigidity,
Avidity, turbidity, Manhattan, and viscidity,
Fatality, morality, legality, finality,
Neutrality, reality, or Southern hospitality,
Pomposity, verbosity,
You're losing your velocity,
But let's not talk about love.
Other Songs: Let's Face It! the Musical Lyrics
Cole Porter lyrics Let's Not Talk About Love
Let's Face It! the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
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