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Jim Dixon Lyr Add: Songs by Andy Razaf and Fats Waller (40) Lyr Add: STAYIN' AT HOME (Razaf/Waller) 12 Jun 15


STAYIN' AT HOME, HAPPY TO BE BY MYSELF
Words by Andy Razaf; music by Thomas "Fats" Waller. ©1940.
As recorded by Fats Waller and His Rhythm, 1940.

Got you on my mind.
Don't care to step out.
I'm easy to find
When you're not about,
Just staying at home, happy to be by myself.

I've got to knock wood.
I've always been true.
So nice to be good
For someone like you.
I'm staying at home, happy to be on the shelf.

A cozy chair
For solitaire,
Perhaps a book or two;
When things are slow,
The radio—
Ah! How can I be blue?

There's plenty to do,
So much to think of.
There's heaven in view,
For it's really love.
I'm staying at home, happy to be by myself.


Also recorded by Erskine Butterfield and His Blues Boys, 1940.


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