A popular song from 1936.
Words and music by Milton Ager, Charles Newman, and Murray Mencher.
Song suggested by Laurence Rubenstein.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I know what I know, I saw what I saw
So you needn’t say it isn’t so
And you needn’t try to hem and haw
Still water runs deep
But I’m not asleep, sleep, sleep
Chorus
You can’t pull the wool over my eyes
You can’t get away telling those lies
You’re not the way you used to be
I’ve got eyes and I can see
You’ve been stepping out on me
What a surprise! I’m wise
You can’t alibi, try as you may
That look in your eye gives ya away
Oh, you got yourself in a jam
You’re gonna lose your honey lamb
‘Cause you can’t pull the wool over my eyes
- I’ve got to believe whatever I see
And I see your heart is on your sleeve
So you needn’t think you’re fooling me
You’re somebody who
Can never be true, not you
Sung here by Fred Feild: