WHY NOT NOW?
Parker

as rec by Dennis Hale & Marion Davis w Oscar Rabin & his Band  
1950


[dh]
First you say you miss me,
Then you say you don't,
Make as if to kiss me,
Suddenly you won't!
It's so heartbreaking, I find,
Why don't you make up your mind?

You know you're gonna love me some day,
Why not now?
[md]
You'll think a lot more of me some day,
Why not now?

[dh]
What's the use of pretending we're merely friends?
[md]
Maybe that's the way it started, not the way it ends!

[both]
We're gonna do some groom and briding.
You and I,
[dh]
But while you're wasting time deciding,
Weeks go by!
So put your lips up close to mine'
I'll show you how!
[both]
You know you're gonna love me some day,
Why not now?

[md]
Hey, just a minute!  Whered'you get off with that stuff
about me falling in love with you?
[dh]
Well I like that!  Now how about those hankies and socks 
you gave me for Christmas?  Why, that proves that you 
care for me!
[md]
It doesn't prove anything of the sort!  It just happens
that they were too small for my father!
[dh]
Yes, well what about that time on new year's eve under the
mistletoe;  Why you fairly grabbed me if I remember!
[md]
Yes, but that was to avoid that friend of yours with the
handlebar moustache!  it looked like a Christmas tree with 
bits of cake and turkey!
[dh]
Then can you explain why you danced with me more than 
anyone else that night?
[md]
Of course I can!  Because after long last, I've learned to follow your dance routine and to avoid your very footsteps!
[dh]
Okay, so I'm wrong and you don't love me!
[md]
Who says I don't love you, dope?
[dh]
Well, I thought that you -
[md]
Trouble with you is you never ever know when I'm kidding!
[dh]
Oh darling, you're such a funny girl, you know;  You should
stop all this all the time!

So put your lips up close to mine'
I'll show you how!
[both]
You know you're gonna love me some day,
Why not now?



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2011)