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Two Sleepy People Lyrics

Artist: Fats Waller

Here we are
Out of cigarettes
Holding hands and yawning
Look how late it gets
Two sleepy people by dawn's early light
And too much in love to say goodnight

Here we are
In the cozy chair
Picking on a wishbone
From the Frigidaire
Two sleepy people with nothing to say
And too much in love to break away

Do you remember
The nights we used to linger in the hall?
Father didn't like you at all
Do you remember
The reason why we married in the fall?
To rent this little nest
And get a bit of rest

Well, here we are
Just about the same
Foggy little fella
Drowsy little dame
Two sleepy people by dawn's early light
And too much in love to say goodnight

Comments/Interpretations

by JERALD TIMES on 8/15/2008 12:04am
Fats Waller is a master lyricist who must have influenced contemporary artist as well as generations after him. The metaphor of two sleepy people being kept awake by love is both romantic and supernatural. Louis Armstrong taught us all to sing, did Fats Waller teach us lyrical beauty? Or is his genius only understood by a select few?

by Steve Hayes on 1/20/2010 5:58pm
This lyric is by FRANK LOESSER --
not Fats Waller.