Lyrics: Otto Harbach/Oscar Hammerstein II/Frank Mandel
Music: Sigmund Romberg
[PIERRE, MEN & GIRLS]
Maybe it is better so
(Trouble is near we know)
[MARGOT]
But till you try it
You never know
[PIERRE]
Could you give lessons, dear
Showing me how?
[MARGOT & PAUL]
I will be glad to
(We will be glad to)
[MARGOT]
Come, Paul, let's teach him now
[PAUL]
I want a kiss
Give it to me
You know I must have my way
Love is likΠ΅ this
Simple, you see
Let poets say what thΠ΅y may, dear
[MARGOT]
You want a kiss
If you ask me
[MARGOT & PAUL]
What if my answer is
(You cannot say)
[MARGOT & PAUL]
No, dear
[MARGOT, PAUL & PIERRE]
If I refuse
(If you refuse)(Oh! That I might show her)
Then you would lose
(I will not lose)(That I too know)
Or would you take me so?
(I will just take you so)(How to take her so)
[MEN & GIRLS]
I want a kiss
Give it to me
You know I must have my way
Love is like this
Simple, you see
Let poets say what they may, dear
[MARGOT]
You want a kiss
If you ask me
[MARGOT & PAUL]
What if my answer is
(You cannot say)
[MARGOT & PAUL]
No, dear
[MARGOT & PAUL]
If I refuse
(If you refuse)
Then you would lose
(I will not lose)
[MARGOT, MEN, GIRLS & PAUL]
Or would you take me so
(I will just take you so)