Lead Me to Love Songtext

von Irving Berlin

[1st verse]
[Ernesta] Tell me all about the game of love
All about the love I'm dreaming of
[Flint] Ah, go on, ah, go on
I believe you're only fooling
[Ernesta] I'm so very stupid at that game
Stupid Mister Cupid never came
[Flint] Ah, go on, ah, go on
I'm afraid you need no schooling
[Ernesta] I'd like to take a lesson from you
[Flint] Just tell me what you want me to do

[1st refrain]
[Ernesta] Lead me, oh, lead me to love
[Flint] Get away, get away, for I'm on to you
[Ernesta] Come be my own turtle dove
[Flint] Not today, not today, you will never do

[Ernesta] Come here and Romeo me
[Flint] I fear that you don't know me
[Ernesta] I'll learn if you just show me how
[Flint] Now?
[Ernesta] Yes!
[Flint] No!

[Ernesta] Please help a poor lovesick miss
[Flint] Let me look, let me look till I find a cure
[Ernesta] I've never yet had a kiss
[Flint] Get the hook, get the hook, she's an amateur

[Ernesta] Loved I must be, dear
[Flint] Why pick on me, dear?
[Ernesta] Lead me
[Flint] Go on
[Ernesta] I want to be loved

[2nd verse]
[Ernesta] Take me in your arms and call me dear
Whisper little nothings in my ear
[Flint] Don't you dare, don't you dare
Take advantage of a stranger
[Ernesta] Listen to a maiden's earnest plea
Won't you come and flirt with lovesick me
[Flint] I'm afraid, I'm afraid
I'm afraid to flirt with danger
[Ernesta] I'd like to know just what it's about
[Flint] I'll show you if the lights will go out

[2nd refrain]
[Ernesta] Lead me, oh, lead me to love
[Chorus: Give her a kiss, give her a kiss while the lights are low]
[Ernesta] Come be my own turtle dove
[Chorus: Watch your step, watch your step or you'll stub your toe]

[Ernesta] I'm sure when you will know me
You'll want to Romeo me
Come over here and show me how
[Flint] Now?
[Ernesta] Yes!
[Flint] No!

[Ernesta] Please help a poor lovesick miss
[Chorus: Better look, better look till you find a cure]
[Ernesta] I've never yet had a kiss
[Chorus: Get the hook, get the hook, she's an amateur]

[Ernesta] Kiss me, I'm anxious
[Flint] Not while I'm conscious
[Ernesta] Lead me
[Flint] Come on
[Ernesta] I want to be loved