STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER
From the film "She Loves Me Not" (1934)
(Harry Revel / Mack Gordon)

Bing Crosby & Kitty Carlisle (Film Soundtrack) - 1934
Bing Crosby - 1934


I could sing your praises with eloquent phrases
Describe you and bribe you with wonderful speeches
I could sing your praises with grand repartee
But darling I desire to confess my love,
Express my love, this way.

I know the words that I use
Are simple and not very smart
But what I say, I say to you
Straight from the shoulder, right from the heart

Others may sing to spring
To them making love is an art
But when I sing, I sing to you
Straight from the shoulder, right from the heart

Who cares if others may laugh
If as a lover I’m green
Who cares, let them all laugh
Long as you know just what I mean

Old as the hills it’s true
To whisper I love you, I do
But when I say I love you, I do
And when I pray that we’ll never part
It’s Straight from the shoulder, right from the heart to you.

(Orchestral Interlude)

Who cares if others may laugh
If as a lover I’m green
Who cares, let them all laugh
Long as you know just what I mean

Old as the hills it’s true
To whisper I love you, I do
But when I say I love you, I do
And when I pray that we’ll never part
It’s Straight from the shoulder, right from the heart to you.


(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - December 2004)