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I get a kick out of you

My story is much too sad to be told,
But practically ev'rything leaves me totally cold.
The only exception I know is the case
When I'm out on a quiet spree
Fighting vainly the old ennui
And I suddenly turn and see
Your fabulous face.

I get no kick from champagne.
Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all,
So tell me why should it be true
That I get a kick out of you?
Some get a kick from cocaine.
I'm sure that if I took even one sniff
That would bore me terrific'ly too
Yet I get a kick out of you.

I get a kick every time I see
You're standing there before me.
I get a kick though it's clear to me
You obviously don't adore me.
I get no kick in a plane.
Flying too high with some guy in the sky
Is my idea of - nothing to do,
Yet I get a kick out of you.

Notes


I Get A Kick Out Of You

Originally from the 1934 Broadway musical, Anything Goes (Act 1 Scene 1)
Featuring Kim Criswell as RENO SWEENEY
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter

(The Caprice Room, Hotel Weylin, Manhattan)

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  • gothchyld
    November 19, 2004
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    This is a depressing yet delightful read. I love the repeition of 'I get a kick out of you' and how it gradually implicates the speaker's sadness because he is not being loved by the woman he liked. Wonder how it actually sound when it is being sung..