Hangin' Around With You 1930 'Strike Up The Band'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK

[Anne:] Once you would hang around me,
Hang 'round me night and day,
I thought that love had found me
when we became that way.
Now it's a diff'rent story
you're not a one girl man;
I've heard you're in your glory
playing the Dapper Dan.
You may tell me you're a saint
but listen to my complaint.

What's the use of hangin' around with you,
hanging around with you,
hanging around with you, dearie?
I never know,
I never know just where I stand.
What's the use of banging around with you,
banging around with you,
banging around with you, dearie?
You've got to give this little girl a bigger hand.
You're not acting the beau;
that I once used to know;
I'm beginning to see
that I'm likely to be on the shelf
if you want me hanging around with you,
hanging around with you,
hanging around with you, dearie?
You've got to learn,
you've got to learn to be yourself.

What's the use of hangin' around with you,
hanging around with you,
hanging around with you, dearie?
I never know,
I never know just where I'm at.
What's the use of banging around with you,
banging around with you,
banging around with you, dearie?
Oh, I'm afraid you're forcing me
to leave you flat.
[Anne:] Please don't be in a huff;
it was only a bluff.
Ev'rything is in vain
if you meant to remain so up stage,
[Tim:] If you want me hanging around with you,
hanging around with you,
hanging around with you, dearie?
You've got to learn,
you've got to learn to act yourself.

[Tim:] I simply must deny it,
I swear it isn't true.
My heart is on a diet,
darling, except for you.
When I'm with other damsels,
Really I don't go far;
I try to tell those Mam'selles
just what a peach you are.
Oh, I'm so misunderstood
though I've tried to be so good.

What's the use of hangin' around with you,
hanging around with you,
hanging around with you, dearie?
I never know,
I never know just where I stand.
What's the use of banging around with you,
banging around with you,
banging around with you, dearie?
You've got to give this little girl a bigger hand.
You're not acting the beau;
that I once used to know;
I'm beginning to see
that I'm likely to be on the shelf
if you want me hanging around with you,
hanging around with you,
hanging around with you, dearie?
You've got to learn,
you've got to learn to be yourself.

What's the use of hangin' around with you,
hanging around with you,
hanging around with you, dearie?
I never know,
I never know just where I'm at.
What's the use of banging around with you,
banging around with you,
banging around with you, dearie?
Oh, I'm afraid you're forcing me
to leave you flat.
[Anne:] Please don't be in a huff;
it was only a bluff.
Ev'rything is in vain
if you meant to remain so up stage,
[Tim:] If you want me hanging around with you,
hanging around with you,
hanging around with you, dearie?
You've got to learn,
you've got to learn to act yourself.

Soft karaoke
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lyric
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Hangin' Around With You 1930 Gershwin
from "Strike Up The Band"
Music & Lyrics by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
© 1930 by WB Music Corp. (renewed)
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 14 April 2005 at 13.08
in association with Doug Grierson
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