Let's Not Talk About Love
From the film Let's Face It
Performed by Betty Hutton
Written by Cole Porter
© 1941 Warner Chappell Publishing Co.
Lyrics:
I understand that selectees
Are dejected when ladies don’t neck-tease
I could talk about love and why not?
But believe me, it wouldn't be so hot
So let’s talk about frogs, let’s talk about toads
Let’s try to solve the riddle why chickens cross roads
Let’s talk about games, let’s talk about sports
Let’s have a big debate about ladies in shorts
Let’s question the synonymy of freedom and autonomy
Let’s delve into astronomy, political economy
Or if you’re feeling biblical, the book of Deuteronomy
But let’s not talk about love
Let’s make with a speech, like congressmen do
That oughta take care of an hour or two
Let’s talk about storm, let’s talk about strife
Let’s talk about the bread you have to slice with a knife
Let’s heap some more profanities on Hitler’s inhumanities
Let’s argue if insanity’s the cause of his inanities
Let’s wrap that Hermann Göring and his metal toting entities
But let’s not talk about love
Let’s talk about drugs, let’s talk about dope
Let’s try to picture Paramount minus Bob Hope
Let’s start a new dance, let’s try a new step
Or investigate the cause for any jitterbug’s pep
Why not discuss, my dearie
The life of Wallace Beery
Or bring a jeroboam on
And write a drunken poem on
Astrology, mythology, geology, philology,
Pathology, psychology, electro-physiology,
Zoology, phrenology, I owe you an apology
But let’s not talk about love
In case you play cards, I have some right here
So how about a game of gin rummy, my dear?
Or if you feel warm and bathing’s your whim
Why don't you get into a bathing suit and take a short swim
But honey, I suspect you all
Of being intellectual
And so, instead of gushing on
Let’s hold a big discussion on
Timidity, stupidity, solidity, frigidity,
Avidity, turbidity, Manhattan and viscidity,
Fatality, morality, legality, finality,
Neutrality, reality, or Southern hospitality,
Pomposity, verbosity, I'm losing my velocity
But let’s not talk about love
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Recording History:
Studio recording not released
Recorded 1943
Paramount Studio Orchestra conducted by Robert Emmett Dolan
Running Time: 2 mins 25 secs
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