Interpret:

Ella Fitzgerald

Album:

Ella Sings Gershwin

’neath the stars, at bazaars
Often I’ve had to caress men
Five or ten, dollars then, I’d collect from all those yes-men
Don’t be sad, I must add, that they meant no more than chess-men


Darling, can’t you see?
’twas for charity?
Though these lips have made slips, it was never really serious
Who’d have thought, I’d be brought to a state that’s so delirious?


I could cry salty tears
Where have I been all these years?
Little wow, tell me now
How long has this been goin’ on?


There were chills up my spine
And some thrills I can’t define
Listen sweet, I repeat
How long has this been goin’ on?


Oh, I feel that I could melt
Into heaven I’m hurled
I know how columbus felt
Finding another world


Kiss me once, then once more
What a dunce I was before
What a break, for heaven’s sake
How long has this been goin’ on?


(spoken)
Kiss me twice, once more, thrice, make it four


What a break, for heaven’s sake
How long has this been goin’ on?