Lyrics: Jack Murphy Hurry through the night Past the shuttered houses Towards a solitary light Burning in the window Near a figure in a chair Always sitting there Quiet as a prayer Does he close his eyes? Weary with the weight of being Suddenly so wise Tired of the demons He must sit up there […]
Lyrics: Jack Murphy The leaves must turn The wind must blow The heart must learn When it’s time for the heart to let go But when I think of you My heart knows why I don’t know how to say goodbye The world moves on With no regret And though you’re gone There are feelings […]
Lyrics: Joe Darion Hear me now oh thou bleak and unbearable world Thou art base and debauched as can be And a knight with his banners all bravely unfurled Now hurls down his gauntlet to thee! I am I, Don Quixote, the Lord of La Mancha Destroyer of evil am I I will march to […]
Lyrics: Jack Murphy When autumn comes and leaves obey I think of you when spring was new And fall was miles away And when I close my eyes I see you And I don’t feel the chill When autumn comes…it’s summer still When autumn comes and wild geese fly I wonder do you see them […]
Lyrics: Jack Murphy He said you’ve got the good to make the big time And then he puffed on his cigar We’ll make a killing, we’ll get top billing I’m gonna make you a star First we’ll improve a bit on Mother Nature I got a doctor friend you’ll see Imagination plus augmentation Voila, a […]
Lyrics: E.Y. Harburg Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high there’s a land I heard of once in a lullaby Somewhere over the rainbow Skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true Someday I’ll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far behind me […]
Lyrics: Jack Murphy/Linda Eder There are those who manage such a charmed existence Lucky ladies who’ve been fortunate since birth All the major domos know them And obligingly will show them Straight to the only table left on earth These are people for whom life is not a challenge They’ve got savoir faire that oozes […]
Lyrics: Jack Murphy I like New York, dear,You love L.A. we’ve got nothing in common…they say Oh, what a pair It’s like Rogers without Astaire But when we’re dancing It’s just more than I can bear First I hear those violins And the world breaks out in silly grins Then I fly to the stars […]
Lyrics: Jack Murphy Day in and out what my life’s all about Are the things that you find far too boring Washing and cooking and staying good-looking While you get to do the ignoring Will it ever be my turn to say where we’re going? Will it ever be my life that we’re planning for? […]
Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics: Jack Murphy It’s time to hold my hand And take a chance It’s time to pay the band And start the dance We hear the melody We know the song It’s time, I think We’re on the brink Of waiting too long Why not believe our eyes And cross our hearts […]
