Button up Your Overcoat

                                  Listen, big boy

Now that you got me made

Goodness, but I'm afraid

Somethin's gonna happen to you



Listen, big boy

You gotta be hooked, and how

I would die if I should lose you now



Button up your overcoat

When the wind is free

Take good care of yourself

You belong to me



Eat an apple every day

Get to bed by three

Oh, take good care of yourself

You belong to me



Be careful crossing streets, ooh, ooh

Cut out sweets, ooh, ooh

Lay off meat, ooh, ooh

You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum



Wear your flannel underwear

When you climb a tree

Oh, take good care of yourself

You belong to me



Button up your overcoat

When the wind is free

Oh, take good care of yourself

You belong to me

Boop-boop-a-doop



When you sass a traffic cop

Use diplomacy

Just take good care of yourself

You belong to me



Beware of frozen funds, ooh, ooh

Stocks and bonds, ooh, ooh

Dockside thugs, ooh, ooh

You'll get a pain and ruin your bankroll



Keep the spoon out of your cup

When you're drinking tea

Oh, take good care of yourself

You belong to me



Don't sit on hornet's tails, ooh, ooh

Or on nails, ooh, ooh

Or third rails, ooh, ooh

You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum



Keep away from bootleg hooch

When you're on a spree

Oh, take good care of yourself

You belong to me