IF I COULD STEAL YOU FROM SOMEBODY ELSE
Redd Evans / Gold

as rec by Anita O'Day w Jack Pleis & his Orch 
Oct 26th 1950 New York

also rec by Peggy Lee '50


Brother, don't you trifle,
I've got a rifle!
Don't you dare to fool me,
'Cause I'd be a xxxx.

If I could steal you from somebody else,
Then someone could steal you from me!
If I could kiss you and you wouldn't tell,
There's someone who'll do just as well!

How can I be certain that you stay home all alone,
'Cause every time I call you I get a stranger on the phone!
Hello?
If I could steal you from somebody else,
Then someone could steal you from me!

The way you're acting lately, well there must be somethin' I lack;
When I walk in your front door, I hear a door shut in the back, whack!
If I could steal you from somebody else,
Then someone could come along, rap on your door,
Sell you a bill of goods, and baby what's more,
They'd steal your little old heart from me!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - March 2009)