I Can’t Get Started

Vernon Duke (Владимир Дукельский), Ira Gershwin

I’ve flown around the world in a plane,
I’ve settled revolutions in Spain,
And the North Pole I have charted,
Still I can’t get started, with you.

On the golf course I’m under par,
Metro Goldwyn have asked me to star,
I’ve got a house-a showplace,
Still I can’t get no place, with you.

’Cause you’re so supreme
Lyrics I write of you, I dream
Dream day and night of you
And I scheme, just for the sight of you
But oh, what good would it do?

I’ve been consulted by Franklin D.,
Robert Taylor has had me to tea,
Still I’m broken-hearted,
’Cause I can’t get started with you.

1936