Although it is most well known through Tiny Tim’s 1968 cover, Tiptoe through the Tulips was first released in the 1929 box-office sensation Gold Diggers of Broadway. It was the third color film to be shot by Warner Bros., encapsulating the spirit of the flapper era before the Great Depression, and p...
[Intro]
Shades of night are creeping
Willow trees are weeping
Old folks and babies are sleeping
Silver stars are gleaming
All alone I'm scheming
Scheming to get you out here
My dear, come…
[Chorus]
Tiptoe to the window,// by the window,// that is where I'll be
Come tiptoe through the tulips with me
Tiptoe from your pillow// to the shadow of a willow tree
And tiptoe through the tulips with me
[Pre-Chorus]
Knee deep// in flowers we'll stray
We'll keep// the showers away
[Chorus]
And if I kiss you in the garden,// in the moonlight,// will you pardon me?
Come tiptoe through the tulips with me
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Pre-Chorus]
Knee deep// in flowers we'll stray
We'll keep// the showers away
[Chorus]
And if I kiss you in the garden,// in the moonlight,// will you pardon me?
Come tiptoe through the tulips with me
Tiptoe Through the Tulips was written by Joe Burke & Al Dubin.
Nick Lucas released Tiptoe Through the Tulips on Tue Jan 01 1929.