MY SUPPRESSED DESIRE
>From the film "Gang War" (1928)
(Ned Miller / Chester Cohen)


Abe Lyman's California Orch. - 1928
Coon-Sanders Orch. (vocal: Carleton Coon) - 1928
Verne Buck & His Orch. (vocal: Bill Chandler) - 1928
The Rhythm Boys - 1928





Take a look at me and you're bound to see
Someone who lives right, happy day and night
Would you like to know why I'm all aglow
Ask me, then perhaps I'll condescend to tell you

There she goes, my suppressed desire
No one knows my suppressed desire
I suppose that you'd like to know
Who she is, but I'll never tell

Here's the reason, it's plain to see
She just doesn't belong to me
Now you know why she is
My suppressed desire

If you have somebody you love secretly
Then that's the secret of it all, you see

I'm so happy, when I retire
My heart flares like a blazing fire
While I'm dreaming about
My suppressed desire

Boy, she likes to eat, and how
I could buy her a steak right now
If I thought I'd get a break, I'd buy her a cow
She's my suppressed desire






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2014)