Here in My Arms

You've been very unkind to me, Betsy, since we met in Philadelphia

I've thought only of you, of our meeting in front of the old State House

I love you, little Betsy

Won't you forget for a moment that I'm an enemy?

I might try, for a moment

Do

I love you just for a moment

Do you really care?

Would I be begging for kisses if I didn't?

And you'll think of me while I'm away?

I'm afraid I'll be thinking of nothing else!

I know a merry place

Far from intrusion

It's just the very place

For your seclusion

There you can while away

Days as you smile away

It's not a mile away

But it's new to you

Here in my arms it's adorable

It's deplorable

That you were never there

When little lips are so kissable

It's permissible

For me to ask my share

Next to my heart it is ever so lonely

I'm holding only air

While here in my arms it's adorable

It's deplorable

That you were never there

I know a pretty place

At your command, sir

It's not a city place

Yet near at hand, sir

Here, if you loll away

Two hearts can toll away

You'd never stroll away

If you only knew

Here in my arms it's adorable

It's deplorable

That you were never there

When little lips are so kissable

It's permissible

For me to ask my share

Next to my heart it is ever so lonely

I'm holding only air

While here in my arms it's adorable

It's deplorable

That you were never there

Next to my heart it is ever (Ah)

So lonely

I'm holding only air

While

Here in my arms it's adorable (Ah)

It's deplorable

That you were never there