I'm In The Market For You
Louis Armstrong And His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra Lyrics

The lyrics of Louis Armstrong's "I'm In The Market For You" is an upbeat song that talks about the singer's keen interest and desire for someone. The song seems to have a financial undertone with the use of stock market related phrases like "broker," "margin," "going up in estimation," "shares," and "dividends." It depicts the singer's interest in someone as an investment opportunity that he hopes to profit from.

He wants to know what can be done to acquire the person's attention and affection without any obstacles like a "joker", which can be believed to signify a competitor. He's no longer interested in taking a chance on margin, which might mean taking a risk, but instead wants to own the person outright. He can't seem to get over his desire to be with the subject of the song as shown in the chorus where he tells the listener that they are going up, up, up in his estimation, and he wants to invest in them with a thousand shares of the caresses too. The song's title forms a part of the last line of the chorus, where the singer affirms that he wants the subject of the song and is in the market for them.