Lyric What Makes You Act Like That? (1930)
LJ: You the only one I ve met, baby that s got something that I can t get.
What makes you act like that? Oh, what makes you act like that?
That ain t no way to treat me. What makes you act like that?
CS: Well now, this is my reason. [spoken words]
Every time that I see you, you got something else to do.
That makes me act like that. That s why I act like that.
That ain t no way to treat me. That s why I act like that.
LJ: Now listen to this mama! [spoken words]
LJ: That s what makes you act like that! [spoken words]
LJ: Now you know just what I m wild about, mama, you got it but you just ain t puttin out.
What makes you act like that? Oh, what makes you act like that?
That ain t no way to treat me. What makes you act like that?
CS: Could be I m not givin away anything. [spoken words]
I want some of that dough you got, but you say that you will not.
That s why I act like that. That s what make me act like that.
That ain t no way to treat me. That s why I act like that.
LJ: Now get a load of this! [spoken words]
CS: Ah, pull that string, boy. Mmmmm. Mm. [spoken words]
LJ: Now baby, you don t make the others pay, but still you turn me down each and every day.
Why do you act like that? Oh, what makes you act like that?
CS: Cause that s what I want. [spoken words]
LJ: Baby, that ain t no way to treat me. What makes you act like that?
CS: Cause, you don t like my way, why don t you stay away? [spoken words]
Why do you keep on hangin round, when you know that I turned you down?
What makes you act like that? Why do you keep on actin like that?
LJ/CS: That ain t no way to treat me. What makes you act like that?
What makes you act like that? Oh, what makes you act like that?
That ain t no way to treat me. What makes you act like that?
CS: Well now, this is my reason. [spoken words]
Every time that I see you, you got something else to do.
That makes me act like that. That s why I act like that.
That ain t no way to treat me. That s why I act like that.
LJ: Now listen to this mama! [spoken words]
LJ: That s what makes you act like that! [spoken words]
LJ: Now you know just what I m wild about, mama, you got it but you just ain t puttin out.
What makes you act like that? Oh, what makes you act like that?
That ain t no way to treat me. What makes you act like that?
CS: Could be I m not givin away anything. [spoken words]
I want some of that dough you got, but you say that you will not.
That s why I act like that. That s what make me act like that.
That ain t no way to treat me. That s why I act like that.
LJ: Now get a load of this! [spoken words]
CS: Ah, pull that string, boy. Mmmmm. Mm. [spoken words]
LJ: Now baby, you don t make the others pay, but still you turn me down each and every day.
Why do you act like that? Oh, what makes you act like that?
CS: Cause that s what I want. [spoken words]
LJ: Baby, that ain t no way to treat me. What makes you act like that?
CS: Cause, you don t like my way, why don t you stay away? [spoken words]
Why do you keep on hangin round, when you know that I turned you down?
What makes you act like that? Why do you keep on actin like that?
LJ/CS: That ain t no way to treat me. What makes you act like that?
