From the film “The Big Broadcast of 1937”
words and music by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I confess my store of information
Is not complete in many ways
In school I never was rated a star
I’m a dud at clever conversation
I’m always hunting for a phrase
To say how perfectly lovely you are
Refrain
When I talk of this ‘n’ that
I’ll admit I may be talking through my hat
But when I say I love you
I’m talking through my heart
Though it often isn’t right
I agree with people just to be polite
But when I say I love you
I’m talking through my heart
I might say more than I do
But the words refuse to come
Yet the fact that I’m in love with you, lovely you
Shows I’m not so dumb
Something magic in your eye
Makes it hard for me to speak above a sigh
But when I say I love you
And want you to say you love me too
I’m talking through my heart to you