Afraid To Fall In Love Composer(s): Ralph Blane - Harry Warren Performer(s): Mickey Rooney & Gloria DeHaven
(He:) Since the day that Mister Noah put together things Many furry, many finny, many feather things Have endured because they knew the way to weather things There were rules to be obeyed
That's the way we're made Why should anybody be afraid? They all had lovers the world discovers This danger hovers when spring uncovers It's natch'ral to feel this feeling you feel But fears were doomed to fade That's the way we're made Why should anybody be afraid? Love is something you acquire, there's much to learn of it
No astrologer you hire can tell the turn of it If you fiddle with the fire, you risk the burn of it What you learn may disconcert you But it isn't gonna hurt you So you mustn't be afraid to fall in love
(She:) In a book of love, and I have read through all of it There's a chapter there referring to the call of it
Juliet and Cleopatra knew the fall of it But the poison vial and asp Really made me gasp Maybe that's the reason I'm afraid They all lie sleeping 'cause love came sweeping No way of keeping their hearts from weeping If you say, "Why feel this feeling I feel?" Until they find a cure I'll avoid the lure
Maybe that's the reason I'm afraid So it seems that love is fatal as I've read of it Maybe that's the reason why I have a dread of it Oh, there must be something else to do instead of it When my very own dear mother said There're times she wished that she were dead No, I'm afraid I mustn't fall in love
(He:) Oh, I'm afraid you're still afraid
(She:) Not really
(He:) Yes, you're afraid to fall, to fall in love
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