Gershwin - EMBRACEABLE YOU

“Embraceable You"
From Girl Crazy (1930)
LYRICS BY IRA GERSHWIN
(Music by George Gershwin)

    (Verse HE)
  1  Dozens of girls would storm up;  (A)
  2  I had to lock my door.  (B)
  3  Somehow I couldn’t warm up  (A)
  4  To one before.  (B)
  5  What was it that controlled me?  (C)
  6  What kept my love-life lean?  (D)
  7  My intuition told me  (C)
  8  You’d come on the scene.  (D)
  9  Lady, listen to the rhythm of
        my heart beat,  (E)
10  And you’ll get just what I mean.  (D)
   
    (Refrain HE)
  1  Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you.  (A)
  2  Embrace me, you irreplaceable you.  (A)
  3  Just one look at you--my heart grew
         tipsy in me;  (B)
  4  You and you alone bring out the gypsy in me.  (B)
  5  I love all the many charms about you;  (C)
  6  Above all I want my arms about you.  (C)
  7  Don’t be a naughty baby,  (D)
  8  Come to papa--come to papa--do!  (E)
  9  My sweet embraceable you.  (E)

    (Verse SHE)
  1  I went about reciting,  (A)
  2  ‘Here’s one who’ll never fall!’  (B)
  3  But I’m afraid the writing  (A)
  4  Is on the wall.  (B)
  5  My nose I used to turn up  (C)
  6  When you’d besiege my heart;  (D)
  7  Now I completely burn up  (C)
  8  When you’re slow to start.  (D)
  9  I’m afraid you’ll have to take
        the consequences;  (E)
10  You upset the apple cart.  (D)

    (Refrain SHE)
  1  Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you.  (A)
  2  Embrace me, you irreplaceable you.  (A)
  3  In your arms I find love so delectable, dear, (B) 
  4  I’m afraid it isn’t quite respectable, dear.  (B)
  5  But hang it--come on let’s glorify love!  (C)
  6  Ding dang it!  You’ll shout ‘Encore!” if I love.  (C)
  7  Don’t be a naughty papa,  (D)
  8  Come to baby--come to baby--do!  (E)
  9  My sweet embraceable you.  (E)