Ira Gershwin - Love Is Sweeping the Country lyrics

(Verse) [SAM] Why are people gay All the night and day Feeling as they never felt before? [EMILY] What is the thing That makes them sing? [SAM] Rich man, poor man, thief Doctor, lawyer, chief Feel a feeling that they can't ignore [SAM AND EMILY] It plays a part In every heart And every heart is shouting "Encore!" (Chorus) [SAM] Love is sweeping the country [EMILY] Waves are hugging the shore [SAM AND EMILY] All the s**es From Maine to Texas Have never felt such love before [SAM] See them billing and cooing Like the birdies above [EMILY] Each girl and boy alike Sharing joy alike Feels that pa**ion'll Soon be national [SAM AND EMILY] Love is sweeping the country There never was so much love! (Bridge) [SAM] Spring is in the air Each mortal loves his neighbor [EMILY] Who's that loving pair? It's Capital and Labor! [SAM] Florida and Cal- Ifornia get together In a festival Of oranges and weather [EMILY] Boston upper zones Are changing social habits And I hear the Cohns Are taking up the Cabots [SAM] Taxi men take dimes And never curse the traffic While the New York Times Adores the New York Graphic (Chorus) [ALL] Love is sweeping the country Waves are hugging the shore All the s**es From Maine to Texas Have never felt such love before See them billing and cooing Like the birdies above Each girl and boy alike Sharing joy alike Feels that pa**ion'll Soon be national Love is sweeping the country There never was so much love!