I Like To Be Loved By You ("Greenwich Village" version)

Written for: Greenwich Village (1944)
Performer: Carmen Miranda
Lyric: Mack Gordon
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1942
Original publisher: Twentieth Century Music Corporation, rights controlled by Triangle Music Corporation

Verse:

Oh, I get chills and fever ev'ry time you speak to me,
But you seem so indiff'rent, what can the trouble be?
I would have had some other guy, some Harry, Dick or Tom,
But all I want is you, you sweet incendiary bomb!

Chorus 1:

I like to be loved by you,
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
I like to be loved by you.
You look at me and, oh, by jingo,
Like that, my heart, she hollers, "Bingo."
I like to be kissed by you,
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
I like to be kissed by you.
When you do, I get the most peculiar feeling,
My brain is reeling; I hit the ceiling;
Say, I don't know just what you've got that's so appealing,
But I only know I gotta go for you.

Chorus 2:

I like to be loved by you,
You can bet your boots
I like to be loved by you.
I thrill each time I look you over,
You cook with gas, you gasanova.
I like to be kissed by you,
Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk,
I like to be kissed by you.
You have lots of charms and I cannot resist 'em,
Because you simply got me goose-pimply;
Besides, I think your arms have unit heating system,
So, I hipsolutely must be loved by you.