Title:  my hands begin to fumble

Composer:  Tom Lehrer

Lead vocals:  Skip Hinnant

Backing vocals:  none

Scene:  Skip trying to tell his girlfriend (Judy Graubart), at various stages in their lives, how he feels about her.

[SH]  My hands begin to fumble.

My stomach starts to rumble.

But what really makes me grumble

Is my cookies start to crumble.

All I can do is mumble, “I… luh… yoo…”

My feet begin to stumble.

I’m just about to tumble.

My thoughts are all a-jumble,

And my bee forgets to bumble.

All I can do is mumble, “Luv yoommm…”

You make me feel so, mmm, hummmble,

That I stumble, tumble, jumble, bumble,

Trumble, rumble, grumble, grumble,

Trying to mumble, “Ah lub yoom..”

[JG]  What?

[SH]  I said, “Ah luv… yoommm…”

[JG]  What?

[SH]  Pay attention.  I said, “I luuuvvv… yoooo.”

[JG]  Well, why didn’t you say so in the first place?”

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