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[Love Is] The Tender Trap by Count Basie album cover

[Love Is] The Tender Trap

by Count Basie

Lyrics
You see a pair of laughin' eyes
And suddenly you're sighin' sighs
You're thinkin' nothing's wrong, you string along, boy, then snap
Those eyes, those sighs, they're part of the tender trap

You're hand in hand beneath the trees
And soon there's music in the breeze
You're actin' kind of smart until your heart just goes wap
Those trees that breeze, they're part of the tender trap

Some starry night
When her kisses make you tingle
She'll hold you tight
And you'll hate yourself for bein' single

And all at once it seems so nice
The folks are throwin' shoes and rice
You hurry to a spot that's just a dot on the map
You wonder how, but it's too late now
You fell in love and love is the tender trap

And I'm trapped with you