Lyrics by: Roy Alfred
Written by: Billy May
Arranged By: Heinie Beau
From the Album: The Capitol Years, Disc 1
Label: Capitol Records
Recorded: April 2, 1953
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My lean baby, tall and thin,
5 feet 7 of bones and skin
But when she tells me, baby, she
loves me
I feel as mellow as a fellow can
be.
She's so skinny, she's so drawn,
When she stands sideways you'd
think she's gone
But when she calls me baby, I
feel fine
To think she's frantically,
romantically mine.
She's slender, but she's tender.
She makes my heart surrender.
And ever night when I hold her
tight,
The feelin' is nice - my arms can go around twice
My lean baby she's so slim
A broomstick's wider but not as
trim
And when she starts to kiss me
Then I know I love her so, I'll
never ever let her go.
No - my lean baby, strange to
see
And all that nothin' it belongs
to me.
And though she may be scrawny
she's OK
Because I wouldn't want her any
other way.
Man, she's so skinny, she's so
drawn,
When she stands sideways you
would think that she's gone
But when she calls me baby, I
feel fine
To think she's frantically,
romantically mine.
I chased her and I caught her.
Then a diamond ring I brought
her.
Hey, the diamond shines, the
ring is so fine,
but here is a twist - she wears
it right on her wrist.
My lean baby she's so slim
A broomstick's wider but not as
trim
And when she starts to kiss me
Then I know I love her so, I'll
never ever let her go.
My lean baby, tall and thin
Do-do-do-do do do-do, do-do-do
(Fade out)