I Didn't Know What Time It Was

Music-Richard Rodgers
Lyrics-Lorenze Hart, 1939
From "Too Many Girls."
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Once I was young, yesterday perhaps.

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Danced with Jim and Paul

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And kissed some other chaps.

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Once I was young but never was naive.

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I thought I had a trick or two

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Up my imaginary sleeve---

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And now I know I was naive.

Refrain:

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I didn't know what time it was,

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Then, I met you.

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Oh, what a lovely time it was,

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How sublime it was, too.

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I didn't know what day it was,

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You held my hand.

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Warm like the month of May it was,

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And I'll say it was grand.

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Grand, to be alive, to be young,

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To be mad to be yours alone.

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Grand, to see your face, feel your touch

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Hear your voice say I'm all your own.

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I didn't know what year it was,

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Life was no prize.

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I wanted love and here it was

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Shining out of your eyes.

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I'm wise, and I know what time it is now.

--repeat refrain--

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