"Paper Doll" — Johnny Black's 1915 standard, a 1943 phenomenon.
Writer(s): black
Im gonna buy a paper doll, that I can call my own
A doll that other fellas cannot steal
And then the flirty, flirty guys - with all their flirty, flirty eyes
Will have to flirt with dollies, that are real
When I come home at night - she will be waiting
Shell be the truest doll in all this world
Id rather have a paper doll, to call my own
Then have a fickle minded - real live girl
Знаете ли вы, что...
- Written by Johnny Black in 1915, recorded by the Mills Brothers in 1943 and selling over six million copies. Sinatra's version competing with the most successful record of the year. The paper doll as an uncomplaining substitute for the real, complicated thing.