George and ira gershwin The way you wear your hat The way you sip your tea The memory of all that No, no they can’t take that away from me The way your smile just beams The way you sing off key The way you haunt my dreams No, no they can’t take that away […]
Mitchell parish / frank s. perkins We lived our little drama We kissed in a field of white And stars fell on alabama last night I can’t forget the glamour Your eyes held a tender light And stars fell on alabama last night I never planned in my imagination A situation so heavenly A fairy […]
George and ira gershwin The more i read the papers The less i comprehend The world with all its capers And how it all will end. Nothing seems to be lasting. But that isn’t our affair; We’ve got something permanent, I mean in the way we care. It’s very clear Our love is here to […]
Johnny mercer / harold arlen It’s quarter to three, there’s no one in the place Except you and me So set ’em’ up joe, i got a little story I think you should know We’re drinking my friend, to the end Of a brief episode Make it one for my baby And one more for […]
Karl suessdorf / john blackburn Pennies in a stream Falling leaves a sycamore Moonlight in vermont Gentle finger waves Ski trails down a mountain side Snowlight in vermont Telegraph cables, how they sing down the highway As they travel each bend in the road And when people meet, in this romantic setting They’re so hypnotized […]
George and ira gershwin You say either And i say either You say neither And i say neither Either, either, neither, neither Let’s call the whole thing off You like potatoes And i like potatoes You like tomatoes And i like tomatoes Potatoes, potatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes Let’s call the whole thing off But oh, if […]
Cole porter As dorothy parker once said to her boyfriend: "fare thee well!" As columbus announced when he knew he was bounced: "it was swell, isabelle, swell! "as abelard said to heloise: "don’t forget to drop a line to me, please." As juliet cried in her romeo’s ear: "romeo, why not face the fact, my […]
Dorothy parker / ralph rainger I wished on the moon For something i never knew Wished on the moon For more than i ever knew A sweeter rose, a softer sky On april days that would not dance by I begged on the stars To throw me a beam or two Wished on the stars […]
Richard rodgers / lorenz hart Once i was young — Yesterday, perhaps — Danced with jim and paul And kissed some other chaps. Once i was young, But never was naive. I thought i had a trick or two Up my imaginary sleeve. And now i know i was naive. Refrain I didn’t know what […]
Johnny mercer / rube bloom Day in – day out That same old voodoo follows me about That same old pounding in my heart, whenever i think of you And baby i think of you Day in and day out Day out – day in I needn’t tell you how my days begin When i […]
