When you were a kid

and you wanted a "doll"

you got it!

Don't ask how you did,

but when you were a kid

and you wanted a "doll"

you got it!

You carefully laid out a plan,

when you were a kid

'twas a doll . . .



And now it's a man!



I'm gonna get em!

I'm gonna get em!

Instead of givin' up

an' throwin' in the towel

I'm gonna keep on fightin'

fair or fowl

until I get em!

I'm gonna em!



I'm gonna wear my jewels

an' my ermine wrap

an' if I have to drop my shoulder strap

I'm gonna get em!

I'm gonna em!



An' when I've got him

where I think he otta be . . .

I'm gonna love em, love em

My mission in life will be to "love em"

until he loves me!



I'm gonna get em!

Hmm, I'm gonna get em!

I'll back him in a corner

'till he squirms an' twists

an' if I must put handcuffs

on his wrists

I'm gonna get em!

I'm gonna get em!



He'll know the facts of life

an' when he understands

I'll put a "shotgun" in my father's hands

an' that'll get em!

I'm gonna em!



An' when I've got him

where I think he otta be . . .

I'm gonna hug em, hug em

I'll hug em and if I have to slug em

he's gonna love, he's gonna love

he's gonna love me!



Words and Music by Irving Berlin