A popular song from 1929
Words by Andy Razaf
Music by Thomas Waller
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Wanting you is my offence
You have all the evidence
Now I wait for you to sentence me
Must I go or must I stay?
Will my skies be blue or gray?
Are my dreams to be or not to be?
Chorus
There’s no use pretending
Love needs no defending
What is the verdict?
My fate is in your hands
You’re my judge and jury
What do you assure me?
What is the verdict?
My fate is in your hands
If the charge is loving you
Then I’m guilty, dear
Tell me that you love me too
And I’ll have no fear
It is you I’m needing,
For your love I’m pleading
What is the verdict?
My fate is in your hands
- At the bar of hope I wait
My heart beating at the gate
That will open to loves magic key
If your love should now decree
That your arms imprison me
I would never struggle to be free