Writer(s): comden/green/styne Verse: It’s not that you’re fairer Than a lot of girls just as pleasin’ That i doff my hat As a worshipper at your shrine It’s not that you’re rarer Than asparagus out of season No, my darling, this is the reason Why you’ve got to be mine Chorus: You’d be so nice […]
Writer(s): parish/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 While (and) stars fell on alabama (fractured ‘bama) Last night I never planned in my imagination A situation – so heavenly A fairy […]
I’m not the guy who cared about love And i’m not the guy who cared about fortunes and such I never cared much Oh, look at me now! I never knew the technique of kissing I never knew the thrill i could get from your touch I never knew much Oh, look at me now! […]
No one ever tells you what’s like to love and lose, How it feels to waken and have breakfast with the blues, How to go on living, how to face another day, No one ever tells you the way. No one ever tells you how it feels to walk alone, Listening for those footsteps through […]
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 […]
Writer(s): author; gershwin/gershwin Verse: The man who only lives for making money Lives a life that isn’t necessarily sunny Likewise the man who works for fame There’s no guarantee that time won’t erase his name The fact is, the only work that really brings enjoyment Is the kind that is for girl and boy meant […]
Writer(s): austin/shilkret Look down – look down That lonesome road Before you travel on Look up – look up And seek your maker Before (mr.) gabriel blows his horn (i’m) weary (of) toting – such a (heavy) load Trudging down – the (that) lonesome road Look down – look down That lonesome road Before (before) […]
Writer(s): rodgers/hart She gets too hungry, for dinner at eight She loves the theater, but doesn’t come late She’d never bother, with people she’d hate That’s why the lady is a tramp Doesn’t like crap games, with barons and earls Won’t go to harlem, in ermine and pearls Won’t dish the dirt, with the rest […]
I won’t dance, don’t ask me I won’t dance, don’t ask me I won’t dance madame with you My heart won’t let me feet do things that they sould do You know what, you’re lovely you know what, you’re so lovely And you know what you do to me I´m like an ocean wave that’s […]
Writer(s): rodgers/hart The sleepless nights – the daily fights The quick toboggan – when you reach the heights I miss the kisses – and i miss the bites I wish i were in love again The broken dates – the endless waits The lovely loving – and the hateful hates The conversation – with the […]
