Lyric Tender Trap, The

Writer(s): Cahn/van Heusen


You see a pair of laughing eyes
And suddenly your sighing sighs
You re thinking nothing s wrong
You string along, boy, then snap!

Those eyes, those sighs, they re part of the tender trap

You re hand in hand beneath the trees
And soon there s music in the breeze
You re acting kind of smart, until your heart just goes wap!

Those trees, that breeze, they re part of the tender trap

Some starry night, when her kisses make you tingle
She ll hold you tight, and you ll hate yourself for being single

And all at once it seems so nice
The folks are throwing shoes and rice
You hurry to a spot, that s just a dot on the map

You re hooked, you re cooked, you re caught in the tender trap

Some starry night, when her kisses make you tingle
She ll hold you tight, and you ll hate yourself for being single

And all at once it seems so nice
The folks are throwing shoes and rice
You hurry to a spot that s just a dot on the map

And then you wonder how it all came about
It s too late now there s no gettin out
You fell in love, and love is the tender trap