My One Bad Habit - Carmen McRae, Dave Brubeck Quartet

I neither smoke nor drink nor swear

My habits are sublime

And at the risk of seeming square

Resist temptation all the time!

One weakness I possess

In all meekness I confess;

My one bad habit is falling in love

And falling right out again!

My resolution — forget the past

Don’t fall too fast

Make it last!

The dreams that mattered

Have all been shattered

They’re long since scattered

Gone!

My grand illusion

Was all delusion

My revolution is on!

To break the habit of falling in love

With someone who doesn’t care

I’m out to conquer;

So love beware

No more despair

In this love affair!

It’s now or never

My last endevour

To love for evermore!

So please treat me gently

For evidently

Your bad habit

Like my bad habit

Is falling in love;

Just one little shove

And I’ll start fallin' again, yeah!

I’ll start fallin’again, oops!

Let’s start fallin' again!