BABY, OBEY ME
From the film "My Friend Irma Goes West" (1950)
(Jay Livingston / Ray Evans)

Dean Martin (with Corinne Calvet & Jerry Lewis) - 1950


(Dean)
From the boulevards of Paris to the corners of Siam
Lovers know they must behave, the very way that I am
Regardless of the language or the custom of the land
They all have the very same demand

When I say give me love, don't be meagre
Gee, can't you see I'm overeager
Oh baby, oh baby, obey me

And when my lonely arms need a build-up
Get in my arms and keep 'em filled up
Oh baby, oh baby, obey me

Facts are facts
While I'm mad about your caress
So relax, there's only one word for yes

My love just lives for you
Why be lonely, I want you for my one and only
Oh baby, oh baby, obey me do

(Corinne)
I'll take you through Paris, be your dolly
Oh what I'll show you in Pigalle
Oh baby, hey baby, obey me

(Dean)
I never like to kiss like the highbrows
I want the kind that curls my eyebrows

(Corinne)
Oh-ho, like this

(Dean)
Oh, baby

(Corinne)
You will be my gift from the Marshall Plan

(Jerry)
And I will be the king of the French Can-Can

(Corinne)
My sweet, when I do this, don't be gentle
I want you close and continental
Oh baby, je t'adore
Tu es un homme merveilleux, viens près d'moi

(Jerry)
I don't know what you're saying, but it should happen to me

(Dean)
Crêpes Suzettes
Why, that's all the French I know

(Corinne)
No my pet, you learn every word, but "No!"

(Dean)
The French are never wrong

(Corinne)
Fifty million

(Dean)
Baby for you I'd trust a billion

(Corinne)
Oh baby, oh baby, obey me

(Dean)
No maybe, hey baby, you slay me

(Both)
Oh baby, obey me do


(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - February 2005)