YOU WAS!
(Sunny Burke / Paul Francis Webster) (1949)

Dean Martin & Peggy Lee

Also recorded by:

Buddy Clarke; Bing Crosby; Doris Day; Martha Tilton.



(PL) If you were to ask me who the sweetest one I knew was,
I'd say: "you was!"
(DM) If you were to ask me who my fav'rite point of view was,
I'd say: "you was!"
(PL) When you're not near, my heart is inclined to waste away,
(DM) But when you're here, the funny part is
My heart is a spherical lyrical miracle all the day
(PL) If you were to ask me who the apple of your eye was,
I'd say: "I was."
(DM) If you were to ask me who your sweet potato pie was,
I'd say: "I was."
(PL) Supposin' you paid a visit to a certain preacher,
(DM) Supposin' you overheard me practicing "I do."
And you were to ask me who the bride and groom to be was,
(PL) I'd say: "we was,
(DM) Me and you."

(Orchestral Break)

(PL) I've got a heart that hollers when you're not close to me,
(DM) But when you're near it sorta follers
(Both) There isn't a lovelier heaven abovelier place to be
(DM) If I were to ask you who the girl I'd glorify was,
(PL) I'd say: "I was."
(PL) If I were to ask you who the boy I'd like to tie was,
(DM) I'd say: "I was."
(PL) Supposin' you heard that I was shopping for a trousseau
(DM) Supposin' I brought you something old and something new
And you were to ask us who the bride and groom to be was,
(PL) I'd say: (both) "we was, me and you."
(PL) You was,
(DM) You was,
(PL) You was,
(DM) I was,
(Both) We was, me and you .



(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - July 2006)