Here’s a classic song by Frank Sinatra that uses last week’s Idiom of the Week, “Get a Kick Out of Something.” You can watch, listen, and read the lyrics below:

“I Get a Kick Out of You”

Performed by Frank Sinatra

Written by Cole Porter

My story is much too sad to be told,

But practically everything leaves me totally cold.

The only exception I know is the case

When I’m out on  a quiet spree,

Fighting vainly the old ennui,

And I suddenly turn and see your fabulous face.

 

I get no kick from champagne.

Mere alcohol doesn’t thrill me at all.

So tell me why should it be true

That I get a kick out of you?

 

Some like the perfume from Spain;

I’m sure that if I took even one sniff

It would bore me terrifically, too.

Yet I get a kick out of you.

 

I get a kick every time I see

You standing there before me.

I get a kick though it’s clear to see

You obviously do not adore me.

 

I get no kick in a plane.

Flying too high with some chick in the sky

Is my idea of nothing to do.

Yet I get a kick – you give me a boot – I get a kick out of you.

 

practically = almost

spree = going out and having fun

vainly = uselessly

ennui = boredom

thrill = excite

adore = love, worship

chick = girl, woman

give me a boot = kick me