Let's Not Talk About Love

My buddies all tell me selectees

Are expected by ladies to neck tease

I could talk about love and why not

But believe me, it wouldn't be so hot

So let's talk of Lamarr, that Hedy's so fair

Why does she let Joan Bennett wear all her old hair?

If you know Garbo, then tell me this news

Is it a fact the Navy's launched all her old shoes?

Let's check on the veracity of Barrymore's vivacity

And why his drink capacity should get so much publicity

Let's even have a huddle over Harvard University

But let's not talk about love

Let's wish him good luck, let's wish him more power

That Fiorello fella, my favorite flower

Let's get some champagne from over the seas

And drink to Sammy Goldwyn, include me out please

Let's write a tune that's playable, a ditty swing and swayable

Let's say whatever's sayable about Taravehible

Let's cheer for the career of itty-bitty-Betty Grable

But let's not talk about love

Let's talk about drugs, let's talk about dope

Let's try to picture Paramount minus Bob Hope

Let's start a new dance, let's try a new step

Or investigate the cause of Mrs. Roosevelt's pep

Why not discuss, my dearie, the life of Wallace Beery?

Or bring a jar of Beaumont and write a drunken poem on

Astrology, mythology, geology, philology

Pathology, psychology, electrophysiology

Spamology, phrenology, I owe you an apology

But let's not talk about

In case you play cards, I have some right here

So how about a game of gin rummy, my dear?

Or if you feel warm and bathing's your whim

Let's get in the yacht together and enjoy a short swim

But honey I suspect you all of being intellectual

And so instead of gushing on, let's have a big discussion on

Timidity, stupidity, solidity, frigidity

Ibidity, turbidity, Manhattan and vicinity

Fatality, morality, legality, finality

Neutrality, reality, or southern hospitality

Pomposity, verbosity, I'm losing my velocity