Have a Heart (Bolton, Kern and Wodehouse)/I'm So Busy

by Jerome Kern (music) and Schuyler Greene and P. G. Wodehouse (lyrics)

Verse 1

I've always said
that the man I would wed
must be one who would work all the time.
One with ambition,
Who'd make it his mission,
to win a position sublime.
One whose chief pleasure would be making a fortune for me;
One who would toil all the day,
Down in the market and say:

Refrain

Lizzie, Lizzie
I'm so busy,
Don't know what to do.
Goodby dear, I'm off to the street,
Can't stop now I'm cornering wheat.
I shall keep on till I'm dizzy
till the deal goes through.
Lizzie I'm so busy
I'm making a pile for you.

Verse 2

Don't be deceived
if you've ever believed
that my taste for hard labor is small.
Stifle the lurking
Idea that I'm shirking,
I never stop working at all.
I may have loafed in the past,
But I am busy at last,
I've found employment and I'm
working away all the time.

Refrain

Lizzie, Lizzie
I'm so busy,
Busy loving you.
That's the job that suits me the best,
Though I never get any rest.
I shall keep on till I'm dizzy
But I shan't get through.
Lizzie I'm so busy
So won't you get busy too.