Classic Poem

VERSE

I'm a glum one; it's explainable:
I met someone unattainable;
Life's a bore,
The world is my oyster no more.
All the papers, where I led the news
With my capers, now will spread the news:
“Superman
Turns Out to Be Flash in the Pan.”

  REFRAIN 1

I've flown around the world in a plane;
I won the race from Newport to Maine;
The North Pole I have charted,
But I can't get started with you.
Around a golf course I'm under par;
The Theatre Guilders want me to star;
I've got a house—a showplace—
But I get no place with you.
You're so supreme,
Lyrics I write of you;
Scheme
Just for a sight of you;
Dream
Both day and night of you,
And what good does it do?
I've been consulted by Franklin D.;
And Greta Garbo's asked me to tea;
And yet I'm brokenhearted
'Cause I can't get started with you.

  REFRAIN 2

I do a hundred yards in ten flat;
The Duke of Kent has copied my hat;
With queens I've à la carted,
But I can't get started with you.
When Democrats are all in a mess,
I hear Jim Farley's call of distress,
And I help him maneuver,
But I'm just Hoover to you.
When first we met—
How you elated me!
Pet!
You devastated me!
Yet,
Now you've deflated me
Till you're my Waterloo.
When J. P. Morgan bows, I just nod;
Green Pastures wanted me to play God.
The Siamese Twins I've parted,
But I can't get started with you.

  REFRAIN 3

The Himalaya Mountains I climb;
I'm written up in Fortune and Time;
New Yorker did my profile [ pro-feel ]
But I've had no feel from you.
There's always “Best regards and much love”
From Mr. Lehman—you know, the Gov;
I go to ev'ry state ball,
But I'm just behind the eight ball with you.
Oh, tell me why
Am I no kick to you?
I,
Who'd always stick to you?
Fly
Through thin and thick to you?
Tell me why I'm taboo!
Oh, what a man you're keeping at bay;
I use a pound of Lifebuoy each day;
But you've got me downhearted
'Cause I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't,
I can't get started with you.