YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU [DEAR MR GABLE]


from "Broadway Melody Of 1938" 1937 film
James V Monaco (m) 1913 Joseph McCarthy (orig l) 1913 
Roger Edens (additional l) 1937

Judy Garland (film soundtrack) 
recorded September 24th 1937 
Hollywood


Dear Mr Gable,
I am writing this to you,
And I hope that you will read it, so you'll know
My heart beats like a hammer
And I stutter and I stammer,
Every time I see you at the picture show.
I guess I'm just another fan of yours,
And I thought I'd write and tell you so!

You made me love you,
I didn't wanna do it,
I didn't wanna do it.
You made me love you,
And all the time you knew it,
I guess you always knew it.

You made me happy, sometimes
You made me glad,
But there were times, sir,
You made me feel so sad.

You made me sigh, 'cause
I didn't wanna tell you,
I didn't wanna tell you,
I think you're grand, that's true,
Yes I do,
'Deed I do,
You know I do.

I must tell you what I'm feeling,
The very mention of your name sends my heart reeling,
You know you made me love you.

[spoken]
Oh gee Mr Gable, I don't wanna bother you, guess you've got
a lot o' girls to tell you the same thing, and if you don't
wanna read this, well, you don't have to, but I just had to
tell you about the time I saw you and it happened one night.
That was the first time I ever saw you, and I knew right
then you were the nicest fella in the movies.
I guess it was 'cause you acted so, well so natural like,
not like a real actor at all, but just like any fella you
meet at a school or at a party;
And then one time I saw you in a picture with Joan Crawford,  
and I had to cry a little 'cause you loved her so much and
you couldn't have her, not till the end of the picture
anyway.
And then one time I saw you in person;  You were making a
personal appearance at the theatre and I was standing there
when you got out of your car and you almost knocked me down;
Oh, but it wasn't your fault, no, I was in the way, but you
looked at me and you smiled, yeah you smiled right at me as
if you meant it, and I cried all the way home just 'cause
you smiled at me for being in your way.
Oh, I'll never forget it Mr Gable, honest Indian!
You're my favourite actor.

[singing]
I don't care what happens, let the whole world stop,
As far as I'm concerned you'll always be the top, 'cause
You know you made me love you!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - December 2012)



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