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The Half of It, Dearie, Blues Lyrics by Lara Teeter, Michelle Nicastro

Lady, Be Good! (1992 Studio Cast Recording)

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[DICK]
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 appall-
Ing to me
Of course, I really cannot blame them a bit
For you're a hit wherever 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
[SHIRLEY]
To Bill and Ben I'd pay atten-
Tion 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
You get engaged—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
[ENSEMBLE]
I've got the You-Don't-Know-the-Half-of-It-Dearie blues
Although I know that love's a gamble, I hate to lose
Life will be duller
Will have no color
Jill without a Jack
Makes the future black
I've got the You-Don't-Know-the-Half-of-It-Dearie blues
[DICK]
I've got the You-Don't-Know-the-Half-of-It-Dearie blues
[Dance break.]
[MEN]
I've got the You-Don't-Know-the-Half-of-It-Dearie blues
Each time I try to kiss my baby, I get bad news
[DICK]
With your permission
My one ambition
Was to go through life
Saying, "Meet the wife"
[ENSEMBLE]
I've got the You-Don't-Know-the-Half-of-It-Dearie blues
Credits
Lara Teeter

Lara Teeter

Michelle Nicastro

Michelle Nicastro

About “The Half of It, Dearie, Blues” by Lara Teeter

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