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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes    (1933)

They asked me how I knew
My true love was true
I of course replied
Something here inside
Can not be denied

They, said some day you'll find
All who love are blind
When your heart's on fire
You must realize
Smoke gets in your eyes

So I chaffed them, and I gaily laughed
To think they could doubt my love
And yet today, my love has flown away
I am without my love

Now laughing friends deride
Tears I cannot hide
So I smile and say
When a lovely flame dies
Smoke gets in your eyes

Smoke gets in your eyes

Lyrics by Otto Harbach.
Composed by Jerome Kern.
Recorded by Gertrude Niesen; Paul Whiteman; Irene Dunne; The Platters; many more.
A show tune written for the 1933 musical Roberta.
 

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