Ethel Waters
You Can’t Stop Me From Loving You
Oh, you great big brute
How you mistreat me
Oh, you great big brute
You can't defeat me
You can shower me with abuse
But you'll never shake me loose

Oh, you great big brute
You can browbeat me
But I'm telling you it's no use
Say I get in your hair
Well, baby, I don't care

You can throw bricks at my window
You can put tacks in my shoe
You can sprinkle ground glass on my Apple Saas
But you can't stop me from lovin' you

You can put rocks in my pillow
You can put sand in my stew
You can be as aloof as the Chrysler roof
But you can't stop me from lovin' you

You can sneer at my devotion
Be as mean as you can be
Ridicule my great emotion
But you're never gonna discourage me
You can put lumps in my cornflakes
Tell me my brain's good as new
You can laugh in my face when you trump my ace
But you can't stop me from lovin' you

You can put flint in my gargle
Seal up your pockets with glue
You can even throw fleas on my pekingese
But you can't stop me from lovin' you

You can go tell Walter Winchell
Every darn thing that I do
You can tear me to rags just to give him gags
But you can't stop me from lovin' you

You can cut up my umbrella
Even put up thistle where I sit
You can make me take vanilla
When you know I'm crazy 'bout chocolate

You can wear socks without garters
Carry lace handkerchiefs too
You can smell Chanel on your coat lapel
But you can't stop me from lovin' you

[Scatting]
Ooh, mhm, ooh
You can start into cough as I'm teeing off
But you can't stop me from lovin' you