How Long Has This Been Going On? - Bob Brookmeyer, Zoot Sims, Zoot Sims and Bob Brookmeyer

'Neath the stars, at bazaars

Often I’ve had to caress men

Five or ten, dollars then, I’d collect from all those yes-men

Don’t be sad, I must add, that they meant no more than chess-men

Darling, can’t you see?

'Twas for charity?

Though these lips have made slips, it was never really serious

Who’d have thought, I’d be brought to a state that’s so delirious?

I could cry salty tears

Where have I been all these years?

Little wow, tell me now

How long has this been goin' on?

There were chills up my spine

And some thrills I can’t define

Listen sweet, I repeat

How long has this been goin' on?

Oh, I feel that I could melt

Into Heaven I’m hurled

I know how Columbus felt

Finding another world

Kiss me once, then once more

What a dunce I was before

What a break, for Heaven’s sake

How long has this been goin' on?

Kiss me twice, once more, thrice, make it four

What a break, for Heaven’s sake

How long has this been goin' on?