A top song hit from the 1934 film “The Very Thought of You”
words and music by Ray Noble
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I don’t need your photograph
To keep by my bed
Your picture is always in my head
I don’t need your portrait dear
To call you to mind
For sleeping or waking, dear, I find
Refrain
The very thought of you
And I forget to do
The little ordinary things
That everyone ought to do
I’m living in a kind of daydream
I’m happy as a king
And foolish though it may seem
To me that’s everything
The mere idea of you
The longing here for you
You’ll never know how slow
The moments go till I’m near to you
I see your face in every flower
Your eyes in stars above
It’s just the thought of you
The very thought of you, my love
- I hold you responsible
I’ll take it to law
I never have felt like this before
I’m suing for damages
Excuses won’t do
I’ll only be satisfied with you
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: