After You Get What You Want You Don't Want It

After You Get What You Want You Don't Want It
music and lyric by Irving Berlin

Listen to me, honey dear, something's wrong with you I fear---
It's getting harder to please you, harder and harder each year.
I don't want to make you blue, but you need a talking to;
Like a lot of people I know, here's what's wrong with you:

After you get what you want you don't want it.
If I gave you the moon, you'd grow tired of it soon.

You're like a baby---you want what you want when you want it,
And after you are presented with what you want, you're discontented.

You're always wishing and wanting for something;
When you get what you want, you don't want what you get.

And though you sit upon my knee you'll soon grow tired of me
'Cause after you get what you want, you don't want what you wanted at all...

Don't say that I'm unkind; think it over and you'll find you've got a changeable nature:
You're always changing your mind.
There's a longing in your eye that is hard to satisfy:
You're unhappy most of the time.
Here's the reason why:

After you get what you want you don't want it.
If I gave you the moon, you'd grow tired of it soon.
You're like a baby---you want what you want when you want it,
And after you are presented with what you want, you're discontented.

You're always wishing and wanting for something.
When you get what you want, you don't want what you get.
And though you sit upon my knee you'll soon grow tired of me
'Cause after you get what you want, you don't want what you wanted at all...