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Bewitched, bothered and bewildered
Paroles de Lorenz Hart

I'm wild again, beguiled again
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I

Couldn't sleep and wouldn't sleep
When love came and told me, I shouldn't sleep
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I

Lost my heart, but what of it
He is cold I agree
He can laugh, but I love it
Although the laugh's on me

I'll sing to him, each spring to him
And long for the day when I'll cling to him
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I

On notera que plusieurs vers de la chanson originale de Lorenz Hart furent modifiés pour en minimiser les connotations sexuelles. Ainsi Couldn't sleep And wouldn't sleep, Until I could sleep where I shouldn't sleep devint simplement Couldn't sleep and wouldn't sleep, When love came and told me, I shouldn't sleep. De plus, My mistake I agree devint He is cold I agree. Et la meilleure, And worship the trousers that cling to him (Je vénère les pantalons qui lui collent à la peau) devint And long for the day when I'll cling to him (Je me languis du jour où je me cramponnerai à lui). Il fut un temps où même les métaphores semblaient trop osées...

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