EVERYTHING I'VE GOT
fr "By Jupiter" 1942 musical

Richard Rodgers (m) Lorenz Hart (l)  1942
as rec by Blossom Dearie w Ray Brown  Herb Ellis & Jo Jones  
September 1956 New York

also rec by-
Ella Fitzgerald
Annie Ross


I have eyes for you to give you dirty looks,
I have words that do not come from children's books,
There's a trick with a knife I'm learnin' to do,
But everything I've got belongs to you!

I've a powerful anethesia in my fist
And the perfect wrist to give your neck a twist!
Hammer lock holds, I've mastered a few,
But everything I've got belongs to you!

Share for share, share alike,
You get struck each time I strike!
Me for you, you for me,
I'll give youy plenty of nothin'!

I'm not yours for better, but for worse,
And I've learned to give the well-known witch's curse!
I've a terrible tongue and a temper for two,
But everything I've got belongs to you!

Then at night we'll sleep and sleep,
Sleep and sleep and sleep and sleep,
And sleep and sleep,
I'll give youy plenty of nothin'!

I'm not yours for better, but for worse,
And I've learned to give the well-known witch's curse!
I've a terrible tongue and a temper for two,
But everything I've got,
Oooh-ooh it's not a lot!
But everything I've got belongs to you!






(Contributed by Peter Akers - October 2010)