When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love

Words & Music:

E.Y. Harburg & Burton Lane

 

Oh my heart is beating wildly

And it's all because you're here.

When I'm not near the girl I love,

I love the girl I'm near.

Ev'ry femme that flutters by me

Is a flame that must be fanned.

When I can't fondle the hand I'm fond of,

I fondle the hand at hand.

My heart's in a pickle,

It's constantly fickle

And not too partickle, I fear.

When I'm not near the girl I love,

I love the girl I'm near.

 

I'm confessing a confession

And I hope I'm not verbose

When I'm not close to the kiss that I cling to,

I cling to the kiss that's close

As I'm more and more a mortal

I am more and more a case.

When I'm not facing the face that I fancy.

I fancy the face I face.

For Sharon I'm carin',

But Susan I'm choosin'

I'm faithful to whos'n is here.

When I'm not near the girl I love,

I love the girl I'm near.

 




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