When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love

WHEN I’M NOT NEAR THE GIRL I LOVE
W: E.Y. Harburg
M: Burton Lane
From: “Finian’s Rainbow
Key: C

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Oh my heart is beat-ing wild-ly
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And it's all be-cause you're here.
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When I'm not near the girl I love,
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I love the girl I'm near.
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Ev-'ry femme that flut-ters by me
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Is a flame that must be fanned.
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When  I can't fon-dle the hand I'm fond of,
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I fon-dle the hand at hand.
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My heart's in a pick-le,
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It's con-stant-ly fick-le
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And not too par-tick-le, I fear.
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When I'm not near the girl I love,
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I love the girl I'm near.


I'm con-fes-sing a con-fes-sion
And I hope I'm not ver-bose
When I'm not close 
to the kiss that I cling to,
I cling to the kiss that's close
As I'm more and more a mor-tal
I am more and more a case.
When I'm not fac-ing the face that I fan-cy.
I fan-cy the face I face.
For Shar-on I'm car-in', 
But Sus-an I'm choos-in' 
I'm faith-ful to who-s'n is here.
When I'm not near the girl I love,
I love the girl I'm near.