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Tea For Two
Words & Music by Irving Caeser & Vincent Youmans, 1924Recorded by Doris Day, 1950*
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I'm discontented with homes that are rented,
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So I have invented my own;
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Darling, this place is a lover's oasis,
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Where life's weary chase is unknown.
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Far from the cry of the city,
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Where flowers pretty caress the streams,
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Cozy to hide in, to live side by side in,
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Don't let it abide in my dreams.
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Pic - ture you up - on my knee,
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Jut Tea for two and two for tea;
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Just me for you and you for me a - lone.
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No - bod - y near us to see us or hear us,
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No friends or re - la - tions on week - end va - ca - tions,
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We won't have it known, dear, that we own a tel - e - phone, dear;
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Day will break, and you'll a - wake,
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And start to bake a su - gar cake;
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For me to take for all the boys to see.
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We will raise a fam - i - ly,
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A boy for you, a girl for me,
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Oh, can't you see how hap - py we would be?
*This song has been recorded over 900 times, as everything from a cha-cha to a ballad, by jazz musicians and pop artists and probably Murphy's dog. In my original chart, I had synthesized several of them, citing Doris Day in my attribution mainly because I liked her voice. After recently watching "Tea For Two" on a classic movie channel, and having heard Day and Gordon MacRae do the entire song, intro verse and all, there's no question in my mind that this attribution is entirely appropriate.