Lena Horne - A Fine Romance

(Dorothy Fields / Jerome Kern)

A fine romance, with no kisses
A fine romance, my friend this is
We should be like a couple of hot tomatoes
But you're as cold as yesterday's mashed potatoes
A fine romance, you won't nestle
A fine romance, you won't wrestle
I might as well play bridge
With my old maid aunt
I haven't got a chance
This is a fine romance

A fine romance, my good fellow
You take romance, I'll take jello
You're calmer than the seals
In the arctic ocean
At least they flap their fins
To express emotion
A fine romance with no quarrels
A fine romance it's all morals
I've never mussed the crease
In your blue serge pants
I never get the chance
This is a fine romance

A fine romance, my dear this is
Two old fogies, we need kisses
We two should be like clams in a dish of chowder
But we just fizz like yesterday's Seidlitz powder
A fine romance, with no clinches
A fine romance, with no pinches
You're just as hard to land as the heure de france
I haven't got a chance
This is a fine romance
This affair is absolutely ridiculous!