They’re writing songs of love – but not for meA lucky star’s above – but not for meWith love to lead the way I’ve found more clouds of grayThan any Russian play – could guarantee I was a fool to fall – and get that wayHi ho alas and also lackadayAlthough I can’t dismissThe memory […]
Drifting, dreamingIn an azure moodStardust gleamingThrough my solitude Here in my seclusionYou’re a blue illusionWhile I’m in this azure interludeI’m not wantedI’m so all alone Always hauntedBy the dreams I ownBut though I’m tormentedI must be contented Drifting, dreamingIn an azure mood Drifting, dreamingIn an azure mood Drifting, dreamingIn an azure mood
Gone With the WindJust like a leaf that has flown awayGone with the windMy romance has blown awayYesterday’s kisses are still on my lips,I’ve had a lifetime of heaven at my fingertips. But now all-all is gone.Gone is the rapture that fills my heartGone with the WindMy romance has flown apart Just like a flameLove […]
(scat intro) My love to you I bringOn account of you can singBli-Blip, Bobby, Flam, Flam, Flam, Hit the yaddle oddle bayou My love for you is trueOn account of you can doBli-Blip, Bobby, Flam, Flam, Flam, Hit the yaddle oddle bayou My poor heart, gives a startLike a jitterbug, just won’t stopMix your crooning, […]
Times have changedAnd we’ve often rewound the clockSince the Puritans got a shockWhen they landed on Plymouth Rock.If today, any shock they should try to stem,‘Stead of landing on Plymouth Rock,Plymouth Rock would land on them. In olden days a glimpse of stockingWas looked on as something shockingNow heaven knows, anythinggoes Good authors too who […]
[Ella]Autumn in New YorkWhy does it seem so invitingAutumn in New YorkIt spells the thrill of first-nighting glittering crowds and shimmering cloudsIn canyons of steelThey’re making me feel – I’m home It’s autumn in New YorkThat brings the promise of new loveAutumn in New YorkIs often mingled with pain Dreamers with empty handsThey sigh for […]
After one whole quart of brandyLike a daisy, I’m awakeWith no Bromo-Seltzer handyI don’t even shake Men are not a new sensationI’ve done pretty well I thinkBut this half-pint imitationPut me on the blink I’m wild again, beguiled againA simpering, whimpering child againBewitched, bothered and bewildered – am I Couldn’t sleep and wouldn’t sleepWhen love […]
But I’m Bidin’ My Time;‘Cause that’s the kinda guy I’mWhile other folks grow dizzyI keep busyBidin’ My Time. Next year, next year,Somethin’s bound to happen;This year, this year,I’ll just keep on nappin’ And Bidin’ My Time‘Cause that’s the kinda guy I’m.There’s no regrettin’When I’m settin’Bidin’ My Time.
Verse 1:Jimmy:Frankie, dear, your birthday gift reveals to meThat at heart you’re really not so bad.If I add, y our funny face appeals to me.Please dont’ think I’ve suddenly gone mad.You have all the qualities of Peter Pan;I’d go far before I’d find a sweeter panAnd yet Refrain:I love your funny face,Your sunny, funny face;For […]
Paradise can not refuse usNever such a happy pair Everybody must excuse usIf we walk on air All the shadows now will lose usLucky stars are everywhere As a happy beingHere’s what I’m forseeing For you, for me, forever moreIt’s bound to be forever more It’s plain to seeWe found, by finding each otherThe love […]