When the only sound on the empty street Is the heavy tread of the heavy feet That belong to a lonesome cop I open shop When the moon so long has been gazing down On the wayward ways of this wayward town That her smile becomes a smirk I go to work Love for sale […]
Now you say you’re lonely You cry the whole night through Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river I cried a river over you Now you say you’re sorry For being so untrue Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river I cried a river over you You […]
Oh danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen and down the mountain side The summer’s gone, and all the roses falling It’s you, it’s you must go and i must bide But come ye back when summer’s in the meadow Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow It’s […]
You choose drawn curtains instead of light Your airy demeanor becomes polite All the things you adore don’t mean all that much anymore Well there’s really no mystery You just need someone to listen So come and spend a moment with me It isn’t so easy to walk alone Especially knowing you’re on your own […]
The butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clerk Are secretly unhappy men because The butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clerk Get paid for what they do but no applause They’d gladly bid their dreary jobs goodbye For anything theatrical and why There’s no business like show business Like no business i know Everything about […]
You’d be so easy to love So easy to idolize all others above So worth the yearning for So swell to keep every home fire burning for We’d be so grand at the game So happy together that it does seem a shame That you can’t see your future with me ’cause you’d be so […]
I only know what i know The passing years will show You’ve kept my love so young, so new And time after time I tell myself that I’m so lucky to be loving you
The sentimental sun in his teary sky Says he doesn’t want to shine today You tell me to imagine myself with another lover That’s easy for you to say The april that i knew with her cool soft rain Has turned into a flowerless may You tell me to go on with my life as […]
Must you dance every dance With the same fortunate man You have danced with him since the music began Why don’t you change partners and dance with me Must you stand quite so close With your lips touching his face Can’t you see i’m longing to be in his place Why don’t you change partners […]
When we played our charade We were like children posing Playing at games, acting out names Guessing the parts we played Oh, what a hit we made We came on next to closing Best on the bill, lovers until Love left the masquerade Fate seemed to pull the strings I turned and you were gone […]
