I JUST CAN'T SEE FOR LOOKIN'
Robinson / Stanford

as rec by The Nat "King" Cole Trio   
Dec 15th 1943 Hollywood


Maybe I talk too much,
Maybe I've lost my touch,
I guess I don't know what's cookin',
'Cause I just can't see for lookin'!

Other boys have their chicks,
Two, three, four, five or six!
I don't seem to get a bookin',
'Cause I just can't see for lookin'!

I'm kind o' crazy,
Like a daisy,
Up that well-known tree;
I'm sittin' hopin',
Horoscopin',
Won't some sister take a chance with me?

I've been around the town,
Everyone brings me down;
I give up hope,
I'm just a dope,
There ain't no gals for hookin',
I just can't see for lookin'!

I've been around the town,
Everyone brings me down;
I give up hope,
I'm just a dope,
There ain't no gals for hookin',
I just can't see for lookin'!
No, just can't see for lookin'!
No no!








(Contributed by Peter Akers - June 2009)