You're An Education

Written for: Gold Diggers In Paris (1938)
Performer: NONE (not used)
Lyric: Al Dubin
Additional British lyric: Charles Dunn
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1938
Original publisher: Remick Music Corp.

Verse 1:

Must I memorize a book to be considered wise,
When I can look into your eyes?
Lit'rature is such a bore and mathematics, too,
I'd much prefer to learn about you;

Chorus 1:

You're the only kind of knowledge
They don't teach at any college,
You're an education in yourself.
There are poems and romances
In the glamour of your glances,
You're an education in yourself.
Of all the famous dates in hist'ry, I recall but a few:
The Fourth of July and my dates with you.
You've a kiss that's scientific,
Though it's tender, it's terrific,
You're an education in yourself.

Chorus 2:

You're the kind of mental training
I could take without complaining,
You're an education in yourself.
Intricate as economics,
Simple as the Sunday comics,
You're an education in yourself.
And there are geometric figures in your beautiful curves,
They're good on the eyes, but bad on the nerves.
You are my encyclopedyuh,
Let me take yuh home and read yuh,
You're an education in yourself.

Verse 2 (from British sheet music):

Must I go to school to learn about the sweethearts' rule,
And so confess that I'm a fool?
Study books are not an aid to what I want to know,
I'd burn them all to ashes, and so:

[Choruses]