From the musical “A Tree Grows In Brooklyn”, 1951. Words by Dorothy Fields. Music by Arthur Schwartz.
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Lyrics
You kissed me once by mistake
Thought I was somebody else
I felt that kiss and I envied that somebody else
I wanted you for myself
I guess I was shameless and bold
But I made a plan in my heart
I’ve never breathed, I’ve never told
Refrain:
I must try to make the man love me
Make the man love me now
Bye and bye, I’ll make the man happy
I know how
He must see how badly I want him
Want him just as he is
May I say that should the man ask me
I’ll be his
Can I tell the man just how
Dearly blessed we would be?
All the beauty I see so clearly
Oh, why can’t he?
So, I pray to heaven above me
Pray until day grows dim
For a way to make the man love me
As I love him
Sung by Vancha March: