Betty Carter

When the day has turned to evening, to evening And the stars come out to show their magic That's the time you feel so lonesome It's so strange and it's blue at midnight There are those whose dreams are shattered, are shattered Some who search in vain for long...

All or nothing at all Half a love, never appealed to me If your heart, never could yield to me Then I'd rather (rather) have nothing at all All or nothing at all If it's love, there is no in between Why begin then cry, for something that might have been No I'...

All through the day I dream about the night, I dream about that night I'll spend with you. All through the day I wish away the time, Until the time that I'll spend with you. Down falls the sun, I run to meet you, The evening mist melts away, Down smiles the m...

I'm just a woman, a lonely woman Waiting on the weary shore I'm just a woman who's only human One you should feel sorry for It was a morning, long before dawn Without a warning I found he was gone How could he do it, why should he do it He never done it befor...

(I really can't stay) Betty, it's cold outside (I've got to go away) Betty, it's cold out there (This evening has been) Been hoping that you'd drop in (So very nice) I'll hold your hands, they're just like ice (My mother will start to worry) Beautiful, what'...

Beware my heart You're getting in too deep Take care, my heart This is a bit too steep Don't listen to the lilt Of her lovely laughter For you will cry for it Forever after Beware my heart Of violins in the night When she is near They're loaded with dynamite...

Blue Moon You saw me standing alone Without a dream in my heart Without a love of my own Blue Moon You knew just what I was there for You heard me saying a prayer for Someone I really could care for And then there suddenly appeared before me The only one my...

My heart is sad and lonely For you I sigh, for you dear only Why haven't you seen it I'm all for you body and soul I spend my days in longing And wondering why it's me you're wronging I tell you I mean it I'm all for you body and soul I can't believe it It's...

Love is funny or it's sad, Or it's quiet or it's mad, It's a good thing or it's bad, But beautiful! Beautiful to take a chance And if you fall, you fall, And I'm thinking I wouldn't mind at all. Love is tearful or it's gay. It's a problem or it's play, It's...

[1st Verse] You know I'm hooked for you mama That's why you sling your weight around You Know I'm hooked for you mama That's why you sling your weight around But as long as your lovin' beats your hoggin' Little Girl I'll never put you down [2nd Verse] You...

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ Funny the way that I feel now Can't keep my feet on the ground Everything seems unreal now When you're not around Day dream Why do you haunt me so? Deep in a rosy glow The face of my love you show Day dream I walk along on air Building a castle t...

Deep night, stars in the sky above Moonlight, lighting our place of love Night winds seem to have gone to rest Two eyes, brightly with love are gleaming Come to my arms, my darling, my sweetheart, my own Vow that you'll love me always, be mine alone Deep nigh...

East of the sun and west of the moon We'll build a dream house of love dear Near to the sun in the day Near to the moon at night We'll live in a lovely way dear Sharing our love in the pale moonlight Just you and I, Forever and a day Love will not die, We'l...

It was only yesterday I thought love had come to stay But just like a bird in flight, Love had vanished overnight Gone with the wind, Just like a leaf that has blown away. Gone with the wind, My romance has flown away. Yesterday’s kisses are still on my...

Heart and soul, I fell in love with you Heart and soul, the way a fool would do, madly Because you held me tight And stole a kiss in the night Heart and soul, I begged to be adored Lost control, and tumbled overboard, gladly That magic night we kissed There i...

Somewhere there's music How faint the tune Somewhere there's Heaven How high the moon There is no moon above When love is far away too Till it comes true That you love me as I love you Somewhere there's music It's where you are Somewhere there's Heaven How n...

If they ask me, I could write a book About the way you walk and whisper and look I could write a preface on how we met So the world would never forget And the simple secret of the plot Is just to tell them that I love you, a lot Then the world discovers as my...

I don't ever care to rise to power I would rather be with you an hour For the things that one can buy Are not worth a lover's sigh I don't want to set the world on fire I just want to start a flame in your heart In my heart I have but one desire And that one...

My love must be a kind of blind love I can't see anyone but you Sha bop sha bop Are the stars out tonight I don't know if it's cloudy or bright I only have eyes for you dear The moon may be high But I can't see a thing in the sky I only have eyes for you I...

I should care I should go around weeping I should care I should go without sleeping Strangely enough I sleep well Except for a dream or two But then I count my sheep well Funny how sheep can lull you to sleep I should care I should let it upset me I...

In the still of the night As I gaze out of my window At the moon in it's flight My thoughts all stray, stray to you In the still of the night While the world lies in slumber Oh the times without number When I say to you Do you love me Just like I love you Ar...

It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing (doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah) It don't mean a thing All you got to do is sing (doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah) It makes no diff're...

Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we've no place to go Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! It doesn't show signs of stopping And I've bought some corn for popping The lights are turned way down low Let it snow! Let...

Let's fall in love Why shouldn't we fall in love? Our hearts are made of it Let's take a chance Why be afraid of it? Let's close our eyes And make our own paradise Little we know of it Still we can try To make a go of it We might have been meant fo...

At night when everything is quiet This old house seems to breathe a sigh Sometimes I hear a neighbor snoring Sometimes I can hear a baby cry Sometimes I can hear a staircase creaking Sometimes a distant telephone Oh, and when the night settles down again This...

You're mean to me, Why must you be mean to me? Gee, honey, it seems to me You love to see me cryin' . I don't know why. I stay home each night , When you say you'll phone You don't and I'm left alone, Singing the blues and cryin'. You treat me coldly each...

Pennies in a stream Falling leaves of sycamore Moonlight in vermont Icy finger-waves Ski trails on a mountainside Snowlight in Vermont Telegraph cables, they sing down the highway And travel each bend in the road People who meet in this romantic setting Are...

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel wi...

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ Our love is a dream But in my reverie I can see that this love Was meant for me Only a poor fool Never schooled in the whirlpool Of romance could be so cruel As you are to me My dreams Are as worthless as tin to me Without you Life will never be...

Nothing more to look forward to. Why were you so sweet? Nothing more to be living for. No longer can we meet, can we meet. Never again to lie so close I can see myself in your eyes. Never again to kiss goodbye As the sun is starting to rise. Nothing...

I look at you and suddenly Something in your eyes I see Soon begins bewitching me It's that old devil moon That you stole from the skies It's that old devil moon in your eyes You and you glance make this romance Too hot to handle Stars in the night Blazing th...

Open the door, dear. I must get in your heart! You're making it hard to be true So please, come open the door, dear And then, perhaps, you'll find you've had me on your mind. No matter how you tried to avoid me, you can't get away so easy If you will not c...

Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December But the days grow short when you reach September When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame One hasn't got time for the waiting game Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few September, November And th...

There never was such a moon Such a moment so opportune The setting makes your charm so salable Though you're in my arms, you're unavailable You say some other time might do as well My only answer, darling, is Who can tell? Some other time I could r...

This is a man who thinks with his heart, His heart is not always wise. This is a man who stumbles and falls, But this is a man who tries. This is a man you'll forgive and forgive, And help and protect as long as you live... He will not always say Wh...

They say into your early life romance came And in this heart of yours burned a flame A flame that flickered one day and died away Then, with disillusion deep in your eyes You learned that fools in love soon grow wise The years have changed you somehow I see yo...

The song a robin sings, Through years of endless springs, The murmur of a brook at evening tides. That ripples through a nook where two lovers hide. That great symphonic theme, That's Stella by starlight, And not a dream, My heart and I agree, Shes everything...

Sunday, Monday or Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday or Friday I want you near Every day in the year Oh, won't you tell me when We will meet again Sunday, Monday or always If you're satisfied I'll be at your side Sunday, Monday or always No need to tell me now What...

When you see him Tell him things are slow There's a reason and he's sure to know But on second thought, forget it Just tell him I said hello If he asks you when I come and go Say I stay home 'cause I miss him so But on second thought, forget it Just tell him...

~~~♫♫♫~~~ Oh, the good life, full of fun, Seems to be the ideal Yes, the good life lets you hide All the sadness you feel. You won't really fall in love, You can't take the chance Don't try to fake romance. It's the good life To be free and explore the...

"Clang, clang, clang" went the trolley "Ding, ding, ding" went the bell "Zing, zing, zing" went my heartstrings For the moment I saw him I fell "Chug, chug, chug" went the motor "Bump, bump, bump" went the brake "Thump, thump, thump" went my heartstrings When...

Some day, when I'm awfully low, When the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you... And the way you look tonight. Yes you're lovely, with your smile so warm And your cheeks so soft, There is nothing for me but to love you, Just the way you look...

There is no greater love Than what I feel for you No greater love, No heart so true There is no greater thrill Than what you bring to me No sweeter song Than what you sing to me You're the sweetest thing I have ever known And to think that You are mine alone...

This isn't sometimes, this is always This isn't maybe, this is always This is love, the real beginning of forever This isn't just mid summer madness A passing glow, a moment's gladness Yes it's love, I knew it on the night we met You tied a string around my...

Thou swell, thou witty Thou sweet, thou grand Wouldst kiss me, pretty? Wouldst hold my hand? Both thine eyes are cute too What they do to me! Hear me holler: I choose a sweet lollapaloosa in thee I'd feel so rich In a hut for two Two rooms and kitchen I'm...

Homesick tired All alone in a big city Why should ev'rybody pity me, Nighttime's falling, folks are a singin', they dance till break of day Dear Old Southland with it's dreamy songs Takes me back there where I belong How I'd love to be in mammy's arms When...

You go to my head And you linger like a haunting refrain And I find you spinning round in my brain Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne You go to my head Like a sip of sparkling burgundy brew And I find the very mention of you Like the kicker in a julep o...