Lady, Be Good! - The Half of It, Dearie' Blues Lyrics

Broadway production (1924)
Lady, Be Good! the Musical - The Half of It, Dearie' Blues Lyrics

Song from musical "Lady Be Good!" is titled "The Half of It, Dearie' Blues" and is written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.

Each time you trill a song with Bill or look at Will
I get a chill, I'm gloomy
I won't recall the names of all the men who fall
It's all appalling to me
Of course, I really cannot blame them a bit
For you're a hit where're you flit
I know it's so, but dearie, oh!
You'll never know the blues that go right through me
I've got the you-don't-know-the-half-of-it-dearie blues
The trouble is you have so many from whom to choose
If you should marry Tom, Dick, or harry,
Life would be the bunk, I'd become a monk
I've got the you-don't know-the-half-of-it-dearie blues!

To Bill and Ben I'd pay attention now and then
But really men would bore me
When I'd begun to think I'd run and be a nun
I met the one man for me
And now just when the sun is starting to beam
Along comes a girl, zip goes a dream!
What will I do away from you?
I feel the future will be blue and stormy
I've got the you-don't-know-the-half-of-it-dearie blues
It may be my heart isn't broken, but there's a bruise.
Through you I've known some days that were lonesome
Though you say that i'm flirting all the time
I've got the you-don-t know-the-half-of-it-dearie blues!

I've got the you-don't-know-the-half-of-it-dearie blues
Oh, how i wish you'd drop an anchor and end your cruise
You're just a duffer who makes me suffer
All the younger set says your heart's to let
I've got the you-don't-know-the-half-of-it-dearie blues!

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Lady, Be Good! the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Hang on to Me
Fascinating Rhythm
Oh, Lady be Good!
The Half of It, Dearie' Blues
Little Jazz Bird
Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter?
Swiss Miss