| I don’t know exactly how it started
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| But it started in fun;
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| I just wanted someone to be gay with
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| To play with someone
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| But now I realize that I could never let you go
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| And I’ve come to tell you so;
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| Ev’ry kiss, ev’ry hug
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| Seems to act just like a drug;
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| You’re getting to be a habit with me
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| Let me stay in your arms
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| I’m addicted to your charms;
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| You’re getting to be a habit with me
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| I used to think your love was something that I
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| Could take or leave alone
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| But now I couldn’t do without my supply
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| I need you for my own
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| Oh, I can’t break away
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| I must have you ev’ry day
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| As regularly as coffee or tea
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| You’ve got me in your clutches and I can’t get free
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| You’re getting to be a habit with me
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| (Can't break it!)
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| You’re getting to be a habit with me
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| Verse 2 (from British sheet music):
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| I thought it was just another meeting
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| But my fate had begun;
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| Something in my heart kept on repeating
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| She’s diff’rent, this one
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| I’m getting, oh so used to having you around each day
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| Don’t you ever go away
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| (Contributed by Carlene Bogle — March 2005)
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| YOU’RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME
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| From the Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Production «Forty-Second Street» (1933)
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| (Harry Warren/ Al Dubin)
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| Mel Tormé
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| Every kiss, every hug
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| Seems to act just like a drug
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| You’re getting to be a habit with me
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| Let me stay in your arms
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| I’m addicted to your charms
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| You’re getting to be a habit with me
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| I used to think your love was something that I could take or leave
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| Alone
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| But now I couldn’t do without my supply
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| I need you for my own
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| Oh, I can’t break away
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| I must have you every day
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| As regularly as coffee or tea
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| You’ve got me in your clutches
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| And I can’t get free
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| You’re getting to be a habit with me
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| Can’t break it
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| You’re getting to be a habit with me
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| (Orchestral Interlude)
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| You’ve got me in your clutches
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| And I can’t get free
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| Like getting shut-eye
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| You are what I need
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| Eternally, ohhh! |
| my
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| You’re getting to be a habit with me |