Just Like In A Story Book 1930 'High Society Blues'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 26 Jul 2002

Doesn't this remind you of
a book you've read, a tale of love,
a story often told, so old, it's new;
ev'ry chapter ends like this,
the lovers meet, a sigh, a kiss,
a love scene ev'ry day,
a part I love to play.

Just like in a story book,
I'm almost afraid to look,
I might turn around
and find you're gone, gone;
ev'ry moment seems an age,
'less you're there on ev'ry page,
smiling illustrations lead me on and on;
thro' our ups and downs,
we'll love with all our might,
they can't steal our stuff,
we own the copyright,
just like all the heroes do,
I'll even go to work for you,
just like in a story book come true.

Just like in a story book,
I'm almost afraid to look,
I might turn around
and find you're gone, gone;
ev'ry moment seems an age,
'less you're there on ev'ry page,
smiling illustrations lead me on and on;
thro' our ups and downs,
we'll love with all our might,
they can't steal our stuff,
we own the copyright,
just like all the heroes do,
I'll even go to work for you,
just like in a story book come true.

Ev'ry meeting so ideal,
so true it really seems unreal;
we don't agree yet we aren't far apart;
someone else is tangled in,
our cute triangle, who will win,
all happiness depends,
I wonder how it ends.

Just like in a story book,
I'm almost afraid to look,
I might turn around
and find you're gone, gone;
ev'ry moment seems an age,
'less you're there on ev'ry page,
smiling illustrations lead me on and on;
thro' our ups and downs,
we'll love with all our might,
they can't steal our stuff,
we own the copyright,
just like all the heroes do,
I'll even go to work for you,
just like in a story book come true.

Just like in a story book,
I'm almost afraid to look,
I might turn around
and find you're gone, gone;
ev'ry moment seems an age,
'less you're there on ev'ry page,
smiling illustrations lead me on and on;
thro' our ups and downs,
we'll love with all our might,
they can't steal our stuff,
we own the copyright,
just like all the heroes do,
I'll even go to work for you,
just like in a story book come true.

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Just Like In A Story Book 1930
Music by James F. Hanley
Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy
copyright MCMXXX by Red Star Music Co. Inc. New York
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Friday 26 July 2002 at 16.09
in association with Doug Grierson
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From the William Fox Musical Movietone Production
'High Society Blues'
with Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor
directed by David Butler
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