Lyrics
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In The Mood
In the Mood
Glenn Miller (#1 in 1940)
— words by Andy Razaf, music by Joe Garland
— charted by Glenn Miller at #1 in 1940 and again at #20 in 1943
— also charted at #16 by Johnny Maddox in 1953
— as recorded by The Andrews Sisters
Who’s the lovin' daddy with the beautiful eyes
What a pair o' lips, I’d like to try 'em for size
I’ll just tell him, «Baby, won’t you swing it with me»
Hope he tells me maybe, what a wing it will be
So, I said politely «Darlin' may I intrude»
He said «Don't keep me waitin' when I’m in the mood»
First I held him lightly and we started to dance
Then I held him tightly what a dreamy romance
And I said «Hey, baby, it’s a quarter to three
There’s a mess of moonlight, won’t-cha share it with me»
«Well» he answered «Baby, don’t-cha know that it’s rude
To keep my two lips waitin' when they’re in the mood»
In the mood, that’s what he told me
In the mood, and when he told me
In the mood, my heart was skippin'
It didn’t take me long to say «I'm in the mood now»
In the mood for all his kissin'
In the mood his crazy lovin'
In the mood what I was missin'
It didn’t take me long to say «I'm in the mood now»
So, I said politely «Darlin' may I intrude»
He said «Don't keep me waitin' when I’m in the mood»
«Well» he answered «Baby, don’t-cha know that it’s rude
To keep my two lips waitin' when they’re in the mood»
Who’s the lovin' daddy with the beautiful eyes
What a pair o' lips, I’d like to try 'em for size
I’ll just tell him, «Baby, won’t you swing it with me»
Hope he tells me maybe, what a wing it will be
So, I said politely «Darlin' may I intrude»
He said «Don't keep me waitin' when I’m in the mood»
First I held him lightly and we started to dance
Then I held him tightly what a dreamy romance
And I said «Hey, baby, it’s a quarter to three
It’s a mess of moonlight, won’t-cha share it with me»
«Well» he answered «Baby, don’t-cha know that it’s rude
To keep my two lips waitin' when they’re in the mood»
Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz