I'd Rather Listen To Your Eyes

Written for: Shipmates Forever (1935)
Performer: Dick Powell
Lyric: Al Dubin
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1935
Original publisher: Remick Music Corp.

Verse:

Just a glance at a dance, and in my heart I knew:
That if I ever should care, that I would care for you.
Though I heard not a word, your eyes began to say
A lot of little things your lips have never told me to this very day;

Chorus:

Ev'ry time your lips say, "No, sir!"
I won't listen, I'm too wise;
I would rather listen to your eyes.
They have told me lots of things, dear,
That your better self denies;
So, I'd rather listen to those eyes.
There's nothing you could ever say
That could convey the promise I've been waiting for;
I look in your eyes and realize that they can tell me more.
Eyes can be sincere and truthful,
Lips can tell a lot of lies;
So, I'd rather listen to your eyes.