The More You Hurt Me (The More You Make Me Care) (Show cover version)

Written for: The Laugh Parade (1931)
Lyric: Mort Dixon & Joe Young
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1931
Original publisher: Harms, Inc.

Verse:

When you attempt to keep me in suspense,
It's not good sense, my dear;
You'll never tramp my heart into the dust,
Though love is just a tear.
To love and be neglected,
Is all that I expected.

Chorus:

The more you fool me and aggravate me,
The more you seem to charm and fascinate me,
The more you hurt me, the more you make me care.
The less you show me you want to win me,
The more you fan that spark of love within me,
The more you hurt me, the more you make me care.
No matter how you try to torture me,
You'll always see that smile of mine;
No matter what you do, I'll always be
Clinging like an ivy vine.
The more you leave me alone and gloomy,
The sweeter thrill when you're returning to me,
The more you hurt me, the more you make me care.