my lean baby tall and thin five feet seven of bones and skin but when she tells me maybe she loves me i feel as mellow as a fellow can be she s so skinny she s so drawn when she stands sideways you d think she s gone but when she calls me baby i feel fine to think she s frantically romantically mine she s slender but she s tender she makes my heart surrender and every night when i hold her tight the feeling is nice my arms can go around twice my lean baby she s so slim a broomstick s wider but not as trim and when she starts to kiss me then i know i love her so i ll never ever let her go my lean baby strange to see and all that nothing it belongs to me and though she may be scrawny she s okay because i wouldn t want her any other way man she s so skinny she s so drawn when she stands sideways you would think that she s gone but when she calls me baby i feel fine to think she s frantically romantically mine i chased her and i caught her then a diamond ring i bought her hey the diamonds shine the ring is so fine but here is the twist she wears it right on her wrist my lean baby she s so slim a broomstick s wider but not as trim and when she starts to kiss me then i know i love her so i ll never ever let her go my lean baby tall and thin 