The Half Of It Dearie Blues (Lady Be Good) - Fred Astaire

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