Baby, Obey Me!
1950



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Highlights
  • Written for the 1950 Paramount Pictures film My Friend Irma Goes West produced by Hal Wallis, starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis and Corinne Calvet, directed by Hal Walker.
  • Singer Steve, friend Seymour and fiancĂ© Jane, along with her dizzy blonde roommate Irma, have a series of misadventures on a California-bound train and end up involved with a gang of murderous gangsters in Las Vegas.



Recording History
Dean Martin and Paul Weston, The Great Dean Martin, Volume 2, Capitol Records, #1028
The Russ Case Orchestra, MGM
Lyrics

Spoken:
From the boulevards of Paris to the corners of Siam,
Lovers know they must behave the very way that I am.
Regardless of the language or the customs of the land,
They all have the very same demand.

 
When I say “Give me love.” Don’t be meager,
Gee, can’t ya see I’m over eager.
Oh! baby, oh! baby, obey me.
 
And when my lonely arms need a build-up,
Get in my arms and keep them filled up.
Oh! baby, oh! baby, obey me.
 
Facts are facts I’m mad about your caress,
So relax there’s only one word for “Yes.”
My love just lives for you, Why be lonely?
I want you for my one and only.
Oh! Baby, oh! Baby, obey me, do!
 
When I say “Give me love.” Don’t be meager,
Gee, can’t ya see I’m over eager.
Oh! baby, oh! baby, obey me.
 
And when my lonely arms need a build-up,
Get in my arms and keep them filled up.
Oh! baby, oh! baby, obey me.
 
Facts are facts I’m mad about your caress,
So relax there’s only one word for “Yes.”
My love just lives for you/ Why be lonely?
I want you for my one and only.
Oh! Baby, oh! Baby, obey me, do!
 
I never like to kiss like the highbrows.
I want the kiss that curls my eyebrows.
Oh! baby, oh! baby, obey me.
 
Don’t be a now and then Sunday dater,
Just hold me now and ask me later
Oh! baby, oh! baby, obey me.
 
Songs are writ to tell you what lovers say,
They’re a hit when people believe that way.
So, darling, don’t be shy, don’t be gentle
I want you close and continental.
Oh! baby, oh! baby, obey me.
 
No, maybe hey, baby you slay me.
Oh! Baby, obey me, do!
 
 
 
BABY, OBEY ME! As sung by Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis and Corinne Calvet in the Hal Wallis Production My Friend Irma Goes West, a Paramount film. Famous Music Corporation, 1950. Words and Music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans (Special Picture Release)