A ballad from the 1931 production “A Woman Commands”.
Words by Nacio Herb Brown and Gordon Clifford.
Music by Nacio Herb Brown.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’m just a woman that loved a man
But our house of love was built on sand
While it lasted
Ah! it was grand, My love
We lived and loved
Our day is through
But each night in dreams
It’s started anew
He comes to me as he used to do
My love
Chorus
Hand then he holds my hand
And then I understand
His eyes a-fire with one desire
Then a heavenly kiss
Could I resist?
And then he dims the light
And then he
He takes me to Paradise
- I’m just a woman that’s lost her man
I can’t have him so I’ll do what I can
To get another
Another man to love
He may not be just the thing
He may be a beggar
He might be a king
He might be you
You or you, I’ll love him
Chorus
If you will hold my hand
Then I will understand
With eyes a-fire I’ll know your desire
Then a heavenly kiss, I won’t resist
Then you will dim the light
Then you will
I’ll take you to Paradise