Herb Ellis

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
After one whole quart of brandyLike a daisy, I'm awakeWith no bromo-seltzer handyI don't even shakeMen are not a new sensationI've done pretty well I thinkBut this half-pint imitationPut me on the blinkI'm wild again, beguiled againA simpering, whimpering child againBewitched, bothered, and bewildered am ICouldn't sleep and wouldn't sleepWhen love came and told me I shouldn't sleepBewitched, bothered and bewildered am ILost my heart, but what of itHe is cold I agreeHe can laugh, but I love itAlthough the laugh's on meI'll sing to him, each spring to himAnd long for the day when I'll cling to himBewitched, bothered, and bewildered am ISongtexteHe's a fool and don't I know itBut a fool can have his charmsI'm in love and don't I show itLike a babe in armsLove's the same old sad sensationLately I've not slept a winkSince this half-pint imitationPut me on the blinkI've sinned a lot; I'm mean a lotBut I'm like sweet seventeen a lotBewitched, bothered, and bewildered am II'll sing to him, each spring to himAnd worship the trousers that cling to himBewitched, bothered, and bewildered am IWhen he talks, he is seekingWords to get off his chestHorizontally speaking, he's at his very bestVexed again, perplexed againThank God, I can be oversexed againBewitched, bothered, and bewildered am IWise at last, my eyes at lastAre cutting you down to your size at lastBewitched, bothered, and bewildered no moreBurned a lot, but learned a lotAnd now you are broke, so you earned a lotBewitched, bothered, and bewildered no moreCouldn't eat, was dyspepticLife was so hard to bearNow my heart's antisepticSince you moved out of thereRomance, finis, your chance, finisThose ants that invaded my pants, finisBewitched, bothered, and bewildered no more Aus Songtexte Mania