She Didn't Say "Yes"

SHE DIDN’T SAY “YES”
W: Otto Harbach
M: Jerome Kern
From: “The Cats In The Cradle”
Ella Fitzgerald
Key: C

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She did-n't say yes  She did-n't say no
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She did-n't say stay  She did-n't say go
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She on-ly knew that he had spied her there
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And then she knew he sat be-side her there
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At first there was heard not one lit-tle word
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Then coy-ly she took one sly lit-tle look
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And some-thing a-woke and smiled in-side
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Her heart be-gan beat-ing wild in-side
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So what did she do?  I leave it to you
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She did just what you'd do too

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She did-n't say yes  She did-n't say no
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They ver-y soon stood be-side his cha-teau
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They lin-gered like two poor waifs out-side
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For well she knew `twas on-ly safe out-side
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In there it was warm, out there it was cold
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The sleet and the storm said, "Bet-ter be bold"
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She mur-mured, "I'm not a-fraid of ice,
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I on-ly wish that I was made of ice"
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So what did she do?  I leave it to you
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She did just what you'd do too

She didn't say yes  She didn't say no
She wanted to stay  But knew she should go

She wasn't so sure that he'd be good
She wasn't even sure that she'd be good

She wanted to rest
All cuddled and pressed
A palpable part of somebody's heart
She'd love to be on rapport with him
But not behind a bolted door with him

And what did she do?
I leave it to you
She did just what you'd do too

She didn't say yes  She didn't say no
For heaven was near  She wanted it so

Above her sweet love was beckoning
And yet she knew there'd be a reckoning

She wanted to climb But dreaded to fall
So bided her time  And clung to the wall

She wanted to act ad libitum
But feared to lose her equilibrium

So what did she do?
I leave it to you
She did just what you'd do tooa