Writer(s): burke/van heusen A country dance was being held in a garden I felt a bump and heard an "oh, beg your pardon" Suddenly i saw – polka dots and moonbeams All around a pug-nosed dream The music started, and was i the perplexed one I held my breathe, and said "may i have the […]
You know the one i love belongs to somebody else, That’s why she sings her songs to somebody else, And even when you have your arms around her You know her thoughts are with somebody else, And when i hold her hand they belong to somebody else And you can bet they’re not so cold […]
It was just a neighborhood dance That’s all that it was But, oh, what it seemed to be It was like a masquerade ball With costumes and all ’cause you were at the dance with me It was just a ride on a train That’s all that it was But, oh, what it seemed to […]
Night And Day - Sinatra-a Man & His Music
Writer(s): cole porter Like the beat beat beat of the tom-tom When the jungle shadows fall Like the tick tick tock of the stately clock As it stands against the wall Like the drip drip drip of the raindrops When the summer shower is through So a voice within me keeps repeating you, you, you […]
Nancy - Sinatra-a Man & His Music
Writer(s): silvers/van heusen If i don’t see her each day, i miss her Gee what a thrill, each time i kiss her Believe me, i’ve got a case On nancy, with the laughing face She takes the winter and makes it summer And summer could take some lessons from her Picture a tomboy in lace […]
now this could only happen to a guy like me And only happen in a town like this So may i say to each of you most gratefully As i throw each one of you a kiss This is my kind of town, chicago is My kind of town, chicago is My kind of people […]
Writer(s): loesser They call you lady luck But there is room for doubt At times you have a very un-lady-like way Of running out Your on this date with me The pickin’s have been lush And yet before the evening is over You might give me the brush You might forget your manners You might […]
Writer(s): cahn/van heusen Love and marriage, love and marriage Go together like a horse and carriage This i tell you brother You can’t have one without the other Love and marriage, love and marriage It’s an institute you can’t disparage Ask the local gentry And they will say it’s elementary Try, try, try to separate […]
Writer(s): delores silvers The tables are empty – the dance floor’s deserted You play the same love song – it’s the tenth time you’ve heard it That’s the beginning – just one of the clues You’ve had your first lesson – in learnin’ the blues The cigarettes you light – one after another Won’t help […]
Writer(s): mann/hilliard In the wee small hours of the morning While the whole wide world is fast asleep You lie awake and think about the girl And never ever think of counting sheep When your lonely heart has learned its lesson You’d be hers if only she would call In the wee small hours of […]
