(g. gershwin/i. gershwin) It’s very clear Our love is here to stay Not for a year But ever and a day The radio And the telephone And the movies that we know May just be passing fancies And in time may go But oh my dear Our love is here to stay Together we’re Going […]
(j. davis/j. sherman/r. ramirez) I don’t know why But i’m feeling so sad I long to try Something i never had Never had no kissing Ooh, what i’ve been missing Lover man oh, where can you be The night is cold And i’m so all alone I’ll give my soul Just to call you my […]
(richard rodgers/lorentz hart) When i was very young The world was younger than i As merry as a carousel The circustent was strong With every star in the sky Above the ring i loved so well Now the young world has grown old Gone are the tinsle and gold Sit there and count your fingers […]
(a. lyman/g. arnheim/a. freed) I cried for you Now it’s your turn to cry over me Every road has a turning That’s one thing i’m learning I cried for you What a fool i used to be Now i found two eyes A little bit bluer I found a heart Just a little bit truer […]
(i. higgenbotham/e. drake/d. fisher) Goodmorning heartache You all gloomy sight Goodmorning heartache Thought we said goodbye last night I tossed and turned Until it seemed you had gone But here you are with the dawn Wish i’d forget you But you’re here to stay It seems i met you When my love went away Now […]
(b. holiday/a. herzog, jr.) Them that’s god shall get Them that’s not shall lose So the bible says And it still is news Momma may have Poppa may have But god bless the child That’s got his own That’s got his own Yeah, the strong gets more While the weak ones fade Empty pockets don’t […]
(w. wilson) Up in harlem every saturday night Were the highbrows get together, just to write They all congregate at an allnite hack What they do is ooh papa dah Ol’ hannah brown, way cross town Gets full of corn and starts brining ’em down And at the break of day You can hear ol’ […]
(b. holiday) My man don’t love me Treats me oh so mean My man, he don’t love me Treats me awful mean He’s the lowest man That i’ve ever seen He wears high-draped pants Stripes are really yellow He wears high-draped pants Stripes are really yellow But when he starts in to love me He’s […]
(b. holiday/a. herzog, jr.) Hush now, don’t explain Just say you’ll remain I’m glad you’re back Don’t explain Quiet don’t explain What is there to gain? Skip that lipstick Don’t explain You know that i love you And what love endures All my thoughts are of you For i’m so completely yours Cry to hear […]
(p. graninger/e. robbins) There ain’t nothin’ i can do Or nothing i can say That folks don’t criticize me But i’m gonna do what i want to anyway And i don’t care just what people say If i should take a notion to jump into the ocean ‘t ain’t nobody’s bizness if i do If […]
