Talk To Me Baby

(album: Rosemary Clooney Sings The Lyrics Of Johnny Mercer - 1987)

If you cannot toss your heart gaily in the ring
Love me while the moment lingers
If you cannot cross your heart that I'm everything
Try at least to cross your fingers

Talk to me, baby, tell me lies
Tell me lies as sweet as apple pie
Whisper you tremble with a wild desire
To light the fire in my eyes

Tell me I'm marvelous, exaggerate
Prevaricate if you must
Just talk to me, baby, soft and low
Then if you decide it's really so
Swear you be mine forever, otherwise
Just talk to me and tell me lies

Tell me we're helpless in the hands of fate
Exaggerate if you must
Just talk to me, baby, soft and low
Then if you decide it's really so
Swear you be mine forever, otherwise
Just talk to me and tell me lies, lies, lies, lies
Great big lies