'I Get a Kick out of You' by Cole Porter

Written by the American composer and songwriter, Cole Porter (June 1891- October 1964) who, despite being classically trained was drawn towards musical theatre and by the 1930s was one of the major songwriters for the Broadway musical stage, “I get a Kick out of You” was originally featured in the Broadway musical ‘Anything Goes’ and the 1936 movie of the same name starring Bing Crosby and Ethel Merman.

The song was originally sung by the star of the movie, Ethel Merman, but has been covered by numerous performers over the decades such as Frank Sinatra, Billie Holliday, Peggy Lee, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Marlene Dietrich, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Dolly Parton, Shirley Bassey, Rod Stewart, Bryan Ferry, and more recently Jamie Cullum, amongst others.

My story is much too sad to be told,
But practically everything leaves me totally cold.
The only exception i know is the case,
When I'm out on a quiet spree,
Fighting vainly the old ennui and I suddenly turn and see, your fabulous face.
I get no kick from Champagne Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all
So tell me why should it be true that I get a kick out of you
Some get a kick from cocaine
I'm sure that if I took even one sniff that would bore me terrifically too yet 
I get a kick out of you I get a kick every time 
I see you standing there before me 
I get a kick though it’s clear to me you obviously don't adore me 
I get no kick in a plane 
Flying too high with some guy in the sky is my idea of nothing to do 
Yet I get a kick Out of you