You're A Builder-Upper
Composer(s): Harold Arlen; Ira Gershwin; E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
Performer(s): Ethel Merman;
and various other artists
When you want to
You are able to make me feel that Im Clark Gable
Then next minute you make me feel
Im something from the zoo
First you warm up, then youre distant
Never knew a girl so inconsistent
Im a big-shot at half past one
A so-and-so by two
Heaven forgive you for your sins
Keeping me on meaner than him
Youre a builder-upper, a breaker-downer
A holder-outer, and Im a giver-inner
Sad but true, Im a sapper or two
Taking it from a big rover like you
Dont know where Im atter
Im just a this-er, then Im a that-er
A taker on the chin-er
My, my, my, what a weakie am I
To love you as I do
Just when Im ready to sob
You hand me a throb
And everything is hunky-dory
And thats my story
Open your arms and Im a stooge for your charms
Youre a builder-upper, a breaker-downer
A holder-outer and Im a giver-inner
Sad but true, I love it I do
Being broken by a builder-upper like you
Sad but true, I love it I do
Being broken by a builder-upper like you
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