(Love Is) The Tender Trap
Composer(s): Sammy Cahn - James Van Heusen
First release by: Frank Sinatra - 1955
Covered by multiple other artists



You see a pair of laughing eyes
And suddenly you're sighing sighs
You're thinkin' nothin's wrong
You string along, boy, then Snap!
Those eyes, those sighs
They're part of the tender trap
You're hand in hand beneath the trees
And soon there's music in the breeze
You're actin' kind of smug
Until your heart just goes WHAP!
Those trees, that breeze
They're part of the tender trap
Some starry night
When her kisses make you tingle
She'll hold you tight
And you'll hate yourself for being single
And all at once it seems so nice
The folks are throwin' shoes and rice
You hurry to a spot that's just a dot on the map
You're hooked, you're cooked
You're caught in the tender trap
Some starry night
When her kisses make you tingle
She'll hold you tight
And you'll hate yourself for bein' single
And all at once it seems so nice
The folks are throwin' shoes and rice
You hurry to a spot that's just a dot on the map
And then you wonder how it all came about
It's too late now, there's no gettin' out
You fell in love, and love is the tender trap