This I dig of you - Hank Mobley (original vocalese)

Lyrics are hard to understand in general and I didn’t make it any easier for you, so here are the lyrics I’ve written: Head in: It’s you, I dig, your sweet perfume, nothing more, nothing less, only you, it’s true. How could I have asked for any more, after you? How happy, how glad, you got me. I live to have you. It’s you, I dig, day in, day out, all I ask, is for you to be you, my love. Your life and mine will always be intertwined, That’s why I’ll be ever so gratefully with you. Hank’s solo: Can you recall how we met? Neither can I but I’d like to be there if you tell it how we used to. Baby, just a potato, that’s me. I’ll be your tomato. I’ll always live and love you ‘till our bitter days’ end. Even when you’re sick and tired of me, yet. Yours are the eyes and hands I wanna hold and see because you’re mine, and mine alone, you complete me. Singin’ to ya. ’Cause I gotcha, on my mind and in my toes your love is free, you could be lovin’ anybody but you p
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