GOTTA HAVE ME GO WITH YOU

from 1954 film "A Star Is Born"
(Harold Arlen (m) Ira Gershwin (l) 1954)

Judy Garland
with orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf


What a spot this,
Not so hot this!
Hey there, shy one,
Come be my one.
Please don't rush off,
Want no brush-off.
I can't compel you 
To buy what I'd sell you,
But I'd like to tell you like so:

You wanna have bells that'll ring,
You wanna have songs that'll sing,
You want your sky a baby blue,
You gotta have me go with you!

Hey, you fool you,
Why so cool you?
When I'm ready
To go steady:

You wanna have eyes that'll shine,
You wanna have grapes on the vine,
You want a love that's truly true,
You gotta have me go with you!

Why the hold out?
Have you sold out?
Time you woke up,
Time you spoke up!
This line I'm handin' you
Is not a handout,
As a team we'd be a standout,
No doubt!

You wanna live high on a dime,
You wanna have two hearts in rhyme,
You gotta have me go with you,
(You gotta have me, gotta have me)
Gotta have me all the time!

(scat)

You wanna have bells that'll ring,
You wanna have songs that'll sing,
You want your sky a baby blue,
You gotta have me go with you!

Hey, you fool you,
Why so cool you?
When I'm ready
To go steady:

You wanna have eyes that'll shine,
You wanna have grapes on the vine,
You want a love that's truly true,
You gotta have me go with you!

Why the hold out?
Have you sold out?
Time you woke up,
Time you spoke up!
This line I'm handin' you
Is not a handout,
As a team we'd be a standout!

You wanna live high on a dime,
You wanna have two hearts that rhyme,
You gotta have me go with you, all, all o' the time!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2016)