YOU'RE AN EDUCATION
From the film "Gold Diggers In Paris" (1938)
(Al Dubin / Harry Warren)

Larry Clinton & His Orch. (vocal: Bea Wain) - 1938
Bob Crosby & His Orch. - 1938
Fred Rich & His Orch. (vocal: Three Symphonettes) - 1938
Joe Loss & His Orch. (vocal: Chick Henderson) - 1938
Jack Jackson & His Orch. - 1938
Michael Feinstein - 1988


Must I memorise a book
To be considered wise
When I can look into your eyes

Literature is such a bore
And mathematics too
I'd much prefer to learn about you....

You're the only kind of knowledge
They don't teach at any college
You're an education in yourself

There are poems and romances
In the glamour of your glances
You're an education in yourself

Of all the famous dates in hist'ry
I recall but a few
The fourth of July
And my dates with you

You've a kiss that's scientific
Tho' it's tender, it's terrific
You're an education in yourself

You're the kind of mental training
I could take without complaining
You're an education in yourself

Intricate as economics
Simple as the Sunday comics
You're an education in yourself

And there are geometric figures
In your beautiful curves
They're good on the eyes
But bad on the nerves

You are my encycloped'yuh
Let me take you home and read yuh
You're an education in yourself



(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - November 2004)
(Additional info by Mel Priddle - November 2004)