KEEPIN' OUT OF MISCHIEF NOW
Words, Andy Razaf; music, Thomas "Fats" Waller. ©1932.

1. Don't even go to a movie show
If you're not at my side.
I stay home by my radio,
But I'm satisfied.
All my flirting days are gone.
On the level from now on.

2. Don't go for any excitement now.
Books are my best company.
All my opinions have changed somehow,
Old-fashioned as can be.
When you really learn to care,
There's a thrill in solitaire.

CHORUS: Keepin' out of mischief now.
Really am in love, and how!
I'm through playing with fire.
It's you whom I desire.
All the world can plainly see
You're the only one for me.
I've told them in advance,
They can't break up our romance.
Living up to ev'ry vow,
I'm keepin' out of mischief now.


Early recordings were made by:
Ralph Bennett and His 7 Aces, 1932.
Chick Bullock's Levee Loungers, 1932.
Paul Specht and His Orchestra, 1932.
Isham Jones and His Orchestra, 1932.
Tempo King's Kings of Tempo, 1936.
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (instrumental), 1936.
Fats Waller (piano), 1937.
Bob Howard and His Orchestra, 1938.
Nat Jaffe, 1944.
James P. Johnson, 1944.
Also recorded by:
Louis Armstrong
Dinah Washington
Maxine Sullivan
and many others.