The Gentleman Is a Dope lyrics

The gentleman is a dope, a man of many faults

A clumsy Joe who wouldn't know a Rumba from a Waltz

The gentleman is a dope and not my cup of tea

Why do I get in a dither? He doesn't belong to me

The gentleman isn't bright, he doesn't know the score

A cake will come, he'll take a crumb and never ask for more

The gentleman's eyes are blue but little do they see

Why am I beating my brains out? He doesn't belong to me

He's somebody else's problem, she's welcome to the guy

She'll never understand him half as well as I

The gentleman is a dope, he isn't very smart

He's just a lug you'd like to hug and hold against you heart

The gentleman is a dope doesn't know how happy he could be

Look at me crying my eyes out, as if he belonged to me

He'll never belong to me.

• Artist:Ella Fitzgerald