Songs and Lyrics (Lehrer)/The Mumble Song

by Thomas Andrew Lehrer

THE MUMBLE SONG

(as performed on The Electric Company)

words & music by Tom Lehrer

Lead vocal: Skip Hinnant
Scene: Skip unsuccessfully trying to tell his girlfriend (Judy Graubart), at various stages in their lives, how he feels about her. They get older in successive verses.

[Skip]	My hands begin to fumble. My stomach starts to rumble. But what really makes me grumble Is my cookies start to crumble. All I can do is mumble, "I... luh... yoo..." My feet begin to stumble. I'm just about to tumble. My thoughts are all a-jumble, And my bee forgets to bumble. All I can do is mumble, "Luv yoommm..." You make me feel so, mmm, hummmble, That I stumble, tumble, jumble, bumble, Fumble, rumble, grumble, crumble, [Trying to speak, but still incoherent] "Ah lub yoom.."
[Judy]	What?
[Skip]	I said, "Ah luv... yoommm...
[Judy]	What?
[Skip]	Pay attention. I said, "I luuuvvv... yoooo."
[Judy]	Well, why didn't you say so in the first place?"