DON’T LOOK NOW BUT MY HEART IS SHOWING
From 1948 movie “One Touch Of Venus”
(Ogden Nash / Kurt Weill)
Dick Haymes, Ava Gardner (dubbed), and others
If this bliss is love
Why didn’t somebody tell me
Don’t look now but my heart is showing
No matter what I say or do
Can’t hide it, my heart’s Romeo-ing
I can’t stay away from you
You smile and my dreams start hallo-ing
They spin when you come into view
In circles, I may not be going
But I feel I reel with you
When mister kisses miss, no need for words to embroider
When mister kisses miss, changing her name is in order
You smile, and the stardust is glowing
We’re whirling in a world that’s new
Don’t look now but your heart is showing
And it flips and halts and turns somersaults
Darling, it wants to waltz with you
Don’t ask me but here is my answer
I think that you’re magically he
Who could be a love necromancer
Neck-romancing is for me
Don’t stop me but I am replying
I know that you’re magically she
The preacher would like to be tying
As you coo I do with me
Around, round and round
I’m just like a record that’s playing
Repeating the same sound
The needle must like what I’m saying
These wings that I feel I am growing
Belong to someone I never knew
Don’t look now but heaven is showing
And tonight the sky is my sky to fly
Darling, falling in love
Falling in love with you