I've Got You Under My Skin Lyrics - Birdland 1953 - Bud Powell

I've got you under my skin. 

I've got you deep in the heart of me. 

So deep in my heart that you're really a part of me. 

I've got you under my skin. 

I'd tried so not to give in. 

I said to myself, this affair never will go so well. 

But why should I try to resist when, baby, I know down well 

I've got you under my skin? 

I'd sacrifice anything come what might 

For the sake of havin' you near 

In spite of a warnin' voice that comes in the night 

And repeats, repeats in my ear, 

Don't you know, you fool, you never can win? 

Use your mentality, wake up to reality. 

But each time that I do just the thought of you 

Makes me stop before I begin 

Cause I've got you under my skin. 

I would sacrifice anything come what might 

For the sake of havin' you near 

In spite of the warning voice that comes in the night 

And repeats, how it yells in my ear, 

Don't you know, you fool, ain't no chance to win 

Why not use your mentality, get up, wake up to reality? 

And each time I do just the thought of you 

Makes me stop just before I begin 

Cause I've got you under my skin. 

And I like you under my skin.