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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?"

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