Boy Next Door Lyrics

Boy Next Door lyrics

THE BOY NEXT DOOR
Judy Garland
- words and music by Hugh Martin and Ralph
Blane
- from the 1944 Vincente Minnelli film "Meet Me In St. Louis"
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lyrics as recorded by Judy Garland April 20, 1944 on Decca 23362

The
moment I saw him smile
I knew he was just my style
My only regret is
we've never met
Though I dream of him all the while

But he doesn't
know I exist
No matter how I may persist
So it's clear to see there's no
hope for me
Though I live at fifty-one-thirty-five Kensington Avenue
And
he lives at fifty-one-thirty-three

How can I ignore the boy next
door
I love him more than I can say
Doesn't try to please me
Doesn't
even tease me
And he never sees me glance his way

And though I'm
heart-sore, the boy next door
Affection for me won't display
I just adore
him
So I can't ignore him
The boy next door

I just adore him
So
I can't ignore him
The boy next door