I Can’t Get Started

Track 5 on Chinatown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Jan. 30, 19361 viewer

I Can’t Get Started Lyrics

[Instrumental]

I've flown around the world in a plane
I've settled revolutions in Spain
And the North Pole I have charted
Still i can't get it started with you

On the golf course, I'm under par
Metro Goldwyn have asked me to star
I've got a house, a showplace
Still I can't get no place with you

'Cause you're so supreme
Lyrics I write of you, I dream
Dream day and night of you
And I scheme Just for the sight of you
Baby, what good does it do?

I've been consulted by Franklin D
Gretta Garbo has had me to tea
Still I'm broken hearted

'Cause I can't get it started with you

[Instrumental]

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“I Can’t Get Started” (also known as “I Can’t Get Started with You” or “I Can’t Get Started (with You)”) is a popular song, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and music by Vernon Duke (1936), that was first heard in the theatrical production Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 where it was sung by Bob Hope to Eve Arden.

Hal Kemp and his Orchestra recorded it at that time and it had a bit of popularity, rising briefly to 14th place on the recording charts. Popular vintage recorded versions are those of Bunny Berigan, Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra