After You Get What You Want You Don't Want It

By IRVING BERLIN

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Hard - er and hard - er each year.

You're al -ways chang - ing your mind
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But you need a talk -ing to.

That is hard to sat - is - fy

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Here's what's wrong with you:

Here's the rea - son why:

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If I gave you the moon,
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Like a lot of
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I don't want to make you blue,

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It's get -ting hard - er to please you,

You've got a change - a - ble na - ture

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Some -thing's wrong with you I fear

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Lis - ten to me hon - ey dear,

Don't you say that I'm un - kind

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peo - ple I know,

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you get what you want you don't want it,

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You'd grow tired of it soon.

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You're like a

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You want what you want when you want it,

Copyright 1920 by Irving Berlin, Inc., 1587 B'way, NY

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with what you want you're di - con -tent - ed. You're al - ways wish -ing and want - ing for

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You'll grow tired of

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get what you want you don't want what you want -ed at all.

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When you get what you want,

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get what you want you don't want what you want -ed at all.