George Gershwin - "The Half of It, Dearie" Blues lyrics

(Verse 1) [DICK] Each time you trill A song with Will Or look at Bill I get a chill I'm gloomy I won't recall The names of all The men who fall It's all appall- Ing to me Of course, I really cannot blame them a bit For you're a hit Wherever you flit I know it's so But dearie, oh You'll never know The blues that go Right through me (Chorus 1) [DICK] I've got the "you don't know the half of it, dearie" blues The trouble is you have so many from whom to choose If you should marry Tom, Dick, or Harry Life would be the bunk I'd become a monk I've got the "you don't know the half of it, dearie" blues (Verse 2) [SHIRLEY] To Bill and Ben I'd pay atten- Tion now and then But really men Would bore me When I'd begun To think I'd run And be a nun I met the one Man for me And now just when the sun is starting to beam You get engaged Zip! goes a dream What will I do Away from you? I feel the fu- Ture will be blue And stormy (Chorus 2) [SHIRLEY] I've got the "you don't know the half of it, dearie" blues It may be my heart isn't broken, but there's a bruise Through you, I've known some Days that were lonesome Though you say that I'm Flirting all the time I've got the "you don't know the half of it, dearie" blues (Chorus 3) [ENSEMBLE] I've got the "you don't know the half of it, dearie" blues Although I know that love's a gamble, I hate to lose Life will be duller Will have no color Jill without a Jack Makes the future black I've got the "you don't know the half of it, dearie" blues [DICK] I've got the "you don't know the half of it, dearie" blues (dance break) (Chorus 4) [MEN] I've got the "you don't know the half of it, dearie" blues Each time I try to kiss my baby, I get bad news [DICK] With your permission My one ambition Was to go through life Saying, "Meet the wife." [ALL] I've got the "you don't know the half of it, dearie" blues