THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE AIR
From the film "Sensation Hunters" (1933)
(Bernie Grossman / C. Harold Lewis)


Marion Burns (Film Soundtrack) - 1933






Something's vexing me, so perplexing to me
How I sigh, at times I want to cry
Something makes me do things I oughtn't to
How I try to find the reason why


There's something in the air
That's bringing a new desire
My senses are all on fire
Oh, tell me what can it be


That air of 'I don't care'
Has something to me so thrilling
I feel oh, so weak and willing
Oh, tell me what can it be


Something that makes an old man
Get busy with his feet
Something that makes a cold man
Get in there with the heat


There's something in the air
That's holding me close and closer
I know that I can't say "No, Sir"
Oh, tell me what can it be


There's something in the air
That's making me see things double
Making my feelings bubble
Oh, tell me what can it be


That air of 'I don't care'
Has something beyond revealing
It's lifting me to the ceiling
Oh, tell me what can it be


Something that makes a teacher
Start acting like a clown
Something that makes a preacher
Just lay his Bible down


There's something in the air
That takes ev'rything it touches
It has me within its clutches
Oh, tell me what can it be




(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2008)