I JUST COULDN'T TAKE IT BABY
(Alberta Nichols / Mann Holiner)

as recorded by Kay Starr
with Hal Mooney & his Orchestra
1955


You just don't begin to know the spot you've got me in;
If I ever thought you'd be untrue,
I just couldn't take it baby,
Lovin' you the way that I do!

If it turned out I'd been givin' my poor self a ride,
Had you figured out all wrong somehow,
Well I just couldn't take it baby,
Couldn't do without you now!

Some may take romance
As just a song and dance,
A game that they're just playing at.
I just can't go gay
And laugh off love that way,
Can't help it, you made me like that!

If I ever found
That it was just a runaround,
And I didn't mean a thing to you,
I just couldn't take it baby,
Lovin' you the way that I do!

Some may take romance
As just a song and dance,
A game that they're just playing at.
Well I just can't go gay
And laugh off love that way,
Can't help it, you made me like that!

If I ever found
That it was just a runaround,
And I didn't mean a thing to you,
I just couldn't take it baby,
Lovin' you just the way that I do!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2016)