Cole Porter — Lets Not Talk About Love

(Verse) My buddies all tell me selectees Are expected by ladies to neck-tease I could talk about love and why not But believe me, it wouldn't be so hot So (Chorus) Let's talk of Lamarr, that Hedy so fair Why does she let Joan Bennett wear all her old hair? If you know Garbo, then tell me this news Is it a fact the Navy's launched all her old shoes? Let's check on the veracity of Barrymore's bibacity And why his drink capacity should get so much publacity Let's even have a huddle over Ha'vard Univassity But let's not talk about love Let's wish him good luck, let's wish him more pow'r That Fiorella fella, my favorite flow'r Let's get some champagne from over the seas And drink to Sammy Goldwyn Include me out please Let's write a tune that's playable, a ditty swing-and-swayable Or say whatever's sayable about the Tow'r of Bable Let's cheer for the career of itty-bitty Betty Grable But lets 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 of Mrs. Roosevelt'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 Spermology, phrenology I owe you an apology But let's not talk about And in case you play card, I have some right here So how about a game o' gin-rummy my dear? Or if you feel warm and bathin's your whim Let's get in the all-together and enjoy a short swim No honey, I suspect you all Of bein' intellectual And so, instead of gushin' on Let's have 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 lets not talk about love