Smoke Gets in Your Eyes " is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for the 1933 musical Roberta. The song was sung in the Broadway show by Tamara Drasin. Theexpression "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" has been used colloquially to denote when someone is blinded by their love or infatuation for another. 14. In 2014, Caitlin Doughty used the song's title for her memoir, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory." Something here inside Cannot be denied" (ooh, ooh, ooh) They said, "Someday you′ll find All who love are blind" Oh-oh-oh-oh When your heart's on fire You must realize Smoke gets in your eyes So, I chaffed them As I gaily laughed To think they could doubt our love Yet today, my love has flown away I am without my love (without my love) Now, songfacts®. They asked me how I knew. My true love was true. I of course replied. Something here inside cannot be denied. They said "someday you'll find all who love are blind". When your heart's on fire, You must realize, smoke gets in your eyes. So I chaffed them and I gaily laughed. lyricsSongfacts®: This was written in 1933 for the musical Roberta, starring Bob Hope. The lyrics were written by Otto Harbach and the music by Jerome Kern. In 1934, four different recordings charted: Paul Whiteman #1, Leo Reisman #3, Emil Coleman #4, and Ruth Etting #15. This version by The Platters is on the Hearts in Atlantis soundtrack. Theline, "When your heart's on fire, smoke gets in your eyes" is apparently from a Russian proverb; the word "chaffed', which also occurs in the song, isn't ("So, I chaffed them/As I gaily .

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