From the film “Melody In Spring”, 1934
Words by Harlan Thompson
Music by Lewis E. Gensler
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Here together, so close I hear your heart
Though we’re together, still we’re apart
How I’m yearning, so near and yet so far
Can you be yearning? tell me you are
Refrain:
Your lips are near, why must I suppress
This chance, my dear, for such happiness?
To hold you, enfold you in lingering caress
Ending with a kiss
You lips are sweet, sweet and close to mine
Why not complete nature’s own design?
A tender surrender to ecstasy divine
Ending with a kiss
Words cannot tell you the longing I’m feeling for you
Wonderful you, words cannot tell you
But my heart will tell you it’s true
Your lips invite, how can mine be still?
Let sweet delight come to us until
We capture the rapture of love’s own perfect thrill
Ending with a kiss