MIDDLE OF LOVE, THE
Wallington / Goodman

as rec by Blossom Dearie (vocal & piano) 
w Ray Brown (bass) Herb Ellis (guitar) & Jo Jones (drums) 
Sept 1957


Life is a riddle
And you're in the middle of love!
Hey diddle diddle,
Your heart is a fiddle for love!
Over the moon that swings
In a preposterous sky,
You'll see a cow with wings,
'Cause of the love in your eye!

You sit and twiddle,
You're caught in the middle of love!
Hot as a griddle,
That's what is the middle of love!
Never you fight that urge,
Let that old blood pressure surge!
Be like a kid
And be happy you did it for love!

Life is a riddle
And you're in the middle of scood-do-doody do!
Hey diddle diddle,
Your heart is a fiddle for love!
Over the moon that swings
In a preposterous sky,
You'll see a cow with wings,
'Cause of the love in your eye!

You sit and twiddle,
You're caught in the middle of scood-do-doody do, oh!
Hot as a griddle,
That's what is the middle of love!
Never you fight that urge,
Let that old blood pressure surge!
Be like a kid
And be happy you did it for love!

No-one forbid it,
You'd better get with it!
You're in the middle of love!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - July 2011)