Button Up Your Overcoat (feat. Paul Weston & His Orchestra) - Johnny Mercer, Paul Weston & His Orchestra

Listen, big boy

Now that you got me made

Goodness, but I’m afraid

Somethin’s gonna happen to you

Listen, big boy

You gotta be hooked, and how

I would die if I should lose you now

Button up your overcoat

When the wind is free

Take good care of yourself

You belong to me Eat an apple every day

Get to bed by three

Oh, take good care of yourself

You belong to me Be careful crossing streets, ooh, ooh

Cut out sweets, ooh, ooh

Lay off meat, ooh, ooh

You’ll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum

Wear your flannel underwear

When you climb a tree

Oh, take good care of yourself

Button up your overcoat

When the wind is free

Oh, take good care of yourself

You belong to me Boop-boop-a-doop

When you sass a traffic cop

Use diplomacy

Just take good care of yourself

You belong to me Beware of frozen funds, ooh, ooh

Stocks and bonds, ooh, ooh

Dockside thugs, ooh, ooh

You’ll get a pain and ruin your bankroll

Keep the spoon out of your cup

When you’re drinking tea

Oh, take good care of yourself

You belong to me Don’t sit on hornet’s tails, ooh, ooh

Or on nails, ooh, ooh

Or third rails, ooh, ooh

You’ll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum

Keep away from bootleg hooch

When you’re on a spree

Oh, take good care of yourself

You belong to me