WAG - Ain’t Misbehavin’
Today Jessie and I celebrated our six-month anniversary.
I won’t go into details about gifts or cards or things said, but will rather characterize the day with this simple anecdote:
The title track was the song I started the day with (just after midnight). It is a tune that has played in my head all day long. This is also the lullaby I’ll probably fall asleep to.
Here are the lyrics to the song, as sung by Joe Williams and backed up by the incomparable Count Basie Orchestra:
No one to walk with,
I’m all by myself.
No one to talk with,
but I'm happy on the shelf.
Ain't misbehavin' . . .
Saving my love for you. . .
I know for certain,
the one that I love.
Through the flirtin',
it's just you I'm thinkin' of.
Ain't misbehavin' . . .
Saving my love for you!
Like Jack Horner,
I’m in a corner.
Don't go nowhere.
What do I care?
Your kisses are worth waitin' for. . .
Believe me baby!
I don't stay out late,
I don't care to go.
Home about eight,
just me, my TV, an' radio!
Ain't misbehavin' . . .
Saving my love for you. . . baby.
Saving my love for you.
[Instrumental break]
Like Jack Horner,
I’m in a corner.
I don't go nowhere.
But what do I care?
You’re kisses are worth waiting for. . .
Believe me baby!
I don't stay out late,
I… don't care to go.
Home about eight,
Hi-fi, TV, an' radio!
Ain't misbehavin' . . .
Saving my love. . .
Saving my love for you baby. . .
My. . . little baby. . .
I’m. . . saving my love. . .
My little baby,
saving my love,
just for you!
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Yeah, that sounds about right.
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