[Verse 1]
My heart is an open house
Warm as can be
All that it needs
Is company
Please let me show you
Let me show you around my heart
(Around my heart)
[Verse 2]
My heart is a fireplace
Burning away
Flaming with love
Both night and day
Please let me show you
Let me show you around my heart
(Around my heart)
[Chorus]
There's room for your sadness
Room for your gladness
I'll furnish everything you need
So darling, I plead
[Verse 3]
Come into my waiting arms
Trust in me, dear
Give me a chance
To prove that I care
Please let me show you
Let me show you around my heart
(Around my heart)
[Chorus]
Ah, there's room for your sadness
Room for your gladness
I'll furnish everything you need
So darling, I plead
[Verse 3]
Come into my waiting arms
Trust in me, dear
Give me a chance
To prove that I care
Please let me show you
Let me show you around my heart
(Let me show you around my heart)
Let Me Show You (Around My Heart) was written by Alicia Evelyn & Leroy Kirkland.
The-turbans released Let Me Show You (Around My Heart) on Sat Jan 01 1955.
In David Ritz’s biography Divided Soul, Marvin Gaye credits this song with his understanding of language.
[The Turbans] had this one song, ‘Please Let Me Show You Around My Heart,’ with lyrics comparing an empty house to an open heart. That’s when I understood language. It wasn’t anything they trie...