(Is to be in love with you)
A popular song from 1927
Words and music by Howard Johnson, Al Sherman and Charles Tobias
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I have often heard them speak of Heaven
Where all good people go, but still I’d like to know
Is there such a place on earth as Heaven
I really think it’s true since I found you
Chorus
Oh me, oh my, dear, my idea of Heaven
Heaven, Heaven
Is to be in love with you
Oh me, oh my, dear, my idea of Paradise
Is in your eyes
They’re like the skies of blue
I seem to listen to angels whenever you sing
If that isn’t Heaven, it’s just the next thing
Oh me, oh my, dear, my idea of Heaven
Heaven, Heaven
Is to be in love with you
- I had never had a glimpse of Heaven
Until you came my way and since that very day
All the world to me is like a Heaven
Without you here with me ‘twould never be
Patter
- I’ve got a shoe, you’ve got a shoe
All God’s “chillun” got a shoe
But what good are my shoes to me
Unless they walk me straight to you
That’s Heaven, Heaven, Heaven, Heaven - Now I’ve got some arms, you’ve got some arms
All God’s “chillum” got some arms
But what good are my arms to me
Unless they hold your loving charms
That’s Heaven, Heaven, Heaven, Heaven - Now I’ve got some lips, you’ve got some lips
Your lips surely are divine
But what good are you lips to me
Unless you press them close to mine
That’s Heaven, Heaven, Heaven, Heaven - Well, I’m living home, you’re living home
All God’s “chillun” got a home
But don’t you think it’s time for us
To build a home that’s all our own
That’s Heaven, Heaven
And there’s one thing more, I seem to
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: