what a break

I could cry -- salty tears
Where have I been -- all these years
A little while, tell me now
How long has this been goin' on?

There were chills, up and down my spine
Yes, there're thrills -- I can't define
Listen sweet -- while I repeat --
How long has this been goin' on?

Oh I could feel --
that I could melt

Into heaven
I'm hurled

Oh I know how
Columbus felt --

Finding another world...

Kiss me once,
and then once more -- Oh,
what a dunce I was,
before -- What a break--
for heaven's sake,
How long has this been goin' on?

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--George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, 1928

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