You Can Be Kissed

Written for: Broadway Gondolier (1935)
Performer: Ted Fiorito Orch. with Muzzy Marcellino & the Debutantes
Lyric: Al Dubin
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1935
Original publisher: M. Witmark & Sons

Verse:

Hugs and kisses,
This is where the bliss is,
Underneath the moon up above;
You're above all that,
But I love all that.
Fond caresses,
Tender little, "Yeses,"
Ev'ryone confesses your love,
You're above all that,
But I love all that.
Though you don't soften
Very often,
Dear, I hear that:

Chorus:

You can be kissed, and though your manner may deny it,
You can be kissed, sez I!
You can be kissed, and if I ever dare to try it,
Would you resist and why?
Though you pretend that you don't like it much,
Who doesn't like that little human touch?
Yeah, you can be kissed, though you're a snooty little cutie,
I insist that you can be kissed!