Don't Tell Me That Story Written by Joseph Lilley © 1946 Sony/ATV Harmony Released on RCA Victor 20-2012 Recorded September 13, 1946 Orchestra conducted by Joe Lilley Running Time: 2 mins 40 secs Lyrics: Don’t tell me that story I’ve heard it before Save all of those love songs For one you adore I’ve played Cinderella Lost my slipper at the ball And when it all was over It wasn’t any ball at all, at all Don’t read me that poetry Don’t quote me that prose Save all of those stories About me and the rose But if you really mean them Come a little closer then Start right back from the beginning I wanna hear them again Don’t tell me that story I’ve heard it before Save all of those love songs For one you adore I’ve played Cinderella Lost my slipper at the ball And when it all was over It wasn’t any ball at all, at all Don’t read me that poetry Don’t quote me that prose Save all of those stories About me and the rose But if you really mean them Come a little closer then Start right back from the beginning I wanna hear them again I wanna hear them again And again and again And again and again