Hangin' Around With You from Strike Up the Band, 1930 (Vocal)

Once, you would hang around me

Hang, 'round me night and day

I thought that love had found me

When we became that way

Now, it's a different story

You're not a one-girl man

I've heard you're in your glory

Playing the Dapper Dan

You may tell me you're a Saint

But listen to my complaint

What's the use of hangin' around with you

Hangin' around with you

Hangin' around with you, deary

I never know

I never know just where I stand

What's the use of bangin' around with you

Bangin' around with you

Bangin' around with you, deary

You've gotta give

This little girl a bigger hand

You're not acting the beau

That I once used to know

I'm beginning to see

That I'm likely to be

On the shelf

If you want me hangin' around with you

Hangin' around with you

Hangin' around with you, deary

You've gotta learn

You've gotta learn to be yourself

I simply must deny it

I swear it isn't true

My heart is on a diet

Darling, except for you

When I'm with other damsels

Really, I don't go far

I try to tell those ma'm'selles

Just what a peach you are

Oh I'm so misunderstood

Though I've tried to be so good

Oh, what's the use of hangin' around with you

Hangin' around with you

Hangin' around with you, deary

I never know

I never know just where I'm at

And what's the use of bangin' around with you

Bangin' around with you

Bangin' around with you, deary

Oh I'm afraid

You're forcing me to leave you flat

Please don't be in a huff

It was only a bluff

Everything is in vain

If you mean to remain so upstage

If you want me hangin' around with you