From the 1946 musical “Sweet Bye and Bye”
Words by Ogden Nash
Music by Vernon Duke
The sheet music:
Lyrics
I used to be a girl with a vinegar tongue
And a tombstone for a heart
So I feel a little funny when I find myself
So obviously falling apart
What can a hard girl do when she goes soft
But throw the rules away
What can she say, but
Refrain:
Low and lazy
Can this be me so low and lazy
Could it, maybe, be love?
Warm and wistful
What makes you look so warm and wistful
Could it, maybe, be love?
There was I who thought
That holding hands was senseless
Now I’m defenseless
I’m walking wide-eyed
Low and lazy
I thank my heart my head is hazy
Can I ever come to?
When I’m so low and lazy and with you