Helen Merrill

It begins to tell, 'Round midnight, midnight. I do pretty well, till after sundown, Suppertime I'm feelin' sad; But it really gets bad, 'Round midnight. Memories always start 'round midnight Haven't got the heart to stand those memories, When my heart is stil...

's wonderful, 's marvellous That you should care for me! 's awful nice, 's paradise, 's what I love to see. You've made my life so glamorous, You can't blame me for feeling amorous! 's wonderful, 's marvellous, That you should care for me! 's wonderfu...

My blue horizon is turning grey And my dreams are drifting away Your eyes don't shine like they used to shine And the thrill is gone when your lips meet mine I'm afraid the masquerade is over And so is love, and so is love Your words don't mean what they use...

Now out of the night New as the dawn into the light Oh this child, innocent child, Soft as a fawn This child is born One small heart One pair of eyes One work of art Here in my arms Here he lies Trusting and warm Blessed this bond A child is born...

I met a gal in calico Down in Santa Fe Used to be her Sunday beau 'Til I rode away Do I want her Do I want her love Yes-sir-ree Will I win her Will I win her love Wait and see Workin' with a rodeo Go from town to town See most every kind o' gal Every kind o'...

When hearts are passing in the night, in the lonely night Then they must hold each other tight, oh, so very tight And take a chance that in the light, in tomorrow's light They'll stay together, so much in love And in the silence of a mist, of a morning mist W...

Though with joy I should be reeling That at last you came my way, There's no further use concealing That I'm feeling far from gay, For the rare allure about you Makes me all the plainer see How inane, how vain, how empty life without you would be. After you,...

Eu quis amar, mas tive medo E quis salvar meu coração Mas o amor sabe um segredo O medo pode matar o seu coração Água de beber Água de beber, camará Água de beber Água de beber, camará! Eu nunca fiz coisa tão certa Entrei pra escola do perdão A minha casa vi...

All I do is dream of you all night through With the dawn I still go on and dream of you You're every thought, you're everything Every song I ever sing Summer ,winter Autum and spring And with the moon and 24 hours in a day They'd be spent in sweet cont...

You took my kisses and all my love You taught me how to care Am I to be just remnant of a one side love affair All you took I gladly gave There is nothing left for me to save All of me Why not take all of me Can't you see I'm no good without you Take my lips...

I love the looks of you, the lure of you I'd love to make a tour of you The eyes, the arms, the mouth of you The East, West, North and the South of you I'd love to gain complete control of you And handle even the heart and soul of you So love, at least a smal...

Time and again I've longed for adventure, Something to make my heart beat the faster. What did I long for? I never really knew. Finding your love I've found my adventure, Touching your hand, my heart beats the faster, All that I want in all of this world is yo...

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...

There's nothing left for me of days that used to be There's just a memory among my souvenirs Some letters tied in blue, a photograph or two I see a rose from you among my souvenirs A few more tokens rest within my treasure chest And though they do their best...

And I Love Him I give him all my love That's all I do And if you saw my love You'd love him too And I love him He gives me everything And tenderly The kiss my lover brings He brings to me And I love him A love like ours Could never die As long as I Have you...

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ 'Cause I gotta roam And any place I hang my hat is home Free and easy, that's my style Howdy-do me, watch me smile Fare-thee-well me after while 'Cause I gotta roam And any place I hang my hat is home Sweetenin' water, cherry wine Thank you kindly...

In olden days a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking, Now, heaven knows, Anything goes. Good authors too who once knew better words, Now only use four letter words Writing prose, Anything Goes. The world has gone mad today And good's bad...

Anytime you're feelin' lonely Anytime you're feelin' blue Anytime you feel downhearted That will prove your love for me is true Anytime you're thinkin' 'bout me That's the time I'll be thinking of you And anytime you say, you want me back again That's the tim...

You must remember this, A kiss is still a kiss, A sigh is just a sigh. The fundamental things apply, As time goes by. And when two lovers woo, They still say "I love you," On that you can rely. No matter what the future brings, As time goes by. Moo...

Autumn in New York Why does it seem so inviting Autumn in New York It spells the thrill of first-nighting Glittering crowds and shimmering clouds In canyons of steel They're making me feel, I'm home It's autumn in New York That brings the promise of new love...

Autumn in Rome My heart remembers fountains where children played Gardens where dreams were made Autumn in Rome Memories like embers glow When I seem to hear “Arrivederci, dear.” Walks beneath the pines that grace the golden sky Stopping now and then to share...

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of red and gold I see your lips, those summer kisses Those sun-burned hands I used to hold Since you went away the days grow long Soon I'll hear old winter's song But I miss you most of all...

Away in a manger, no crib for his bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down his Sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay, The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, But little Lord Jesus no crying he ma...

Beautiful love You are a mystery Beautiful love What have you done to me I was content till you came along Thrilling me with your song. Beautiful love I've ruined your paradise Searching for my dream to realize Reaching for heaven depending on you Beautiful l...

Because the world is round it turns me on Because the world is round... ah Because the wind is high it blows my mind Because the wind is high... ah Love is old, love is new Love is all, love is you Because the sky is blue, it makes me cry Because the sky is...

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ I'm wild again, beguiled again A simpering, whimpering child again Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I I couldn't sleep I wouldn’t sleep Then love came and told me I shouldn't sleep Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I Lost my h...

I'm feeling mighty lonesome Haven't slept a wink I walk the floor and watch the door And in between I drink Black coffee Love's a hand me down brew I'll never know a Sunday In this weekday room I'm talking to the shadows One o'clock to four And Lord, how slow...

Black is the color of my true love's hair His face is soft and wondrous fair He has the purest eyes and the gentlest hands I love the ground whereon he stands I love the ground whereon he stands Black is the color of my true love's hair Of my true love's hair...

Blue gardenia Now I'm alone with you And I am all so blue He has tossed us aside And like you, gardenia Once I was near his heart After the teardrops start Where are teardrops to hide? I lived for an hour What more can I tell Love bloomed like a flower Then...

Blue skies smiling at me Nothing but blue skies do I see Bluebirds singing a song Nothing but bluebirds all day long Never saw the sun shining so bright Never saw things going so right Noticing the days hurrying by When you're in love, oh how they fly Blue...

Some folks were meant to live in clover, But they are such a chosen few. And clover being green is something I've never seen 'Cause I was born to be blue. When there's a yellow moon above me, They say there's moonbeams I should view But moonbeams being gold a...

There's a tale that they tell of a dolphin And a boy made of gold. With the shells and the pearls in the deep, He has lain many years fast asleep; What they tell of the Boy on A Dolphin, Who can say if it's true. Should he rise from the depths of the ocean, An...

They're writing songs of love, but not for me A lucky star's above, but not for me With love to lead the way I found more clouds are gray Than any rainy day, could guarantee I was a fool to fall, and get that way I should have known the price, I'd have to pay...

I'll go my way by myself This is the end of romance I’m gonna go my way by myself Love it's only it's only a dance Dark clouds in the sky above Have put a blotch on my fun I'll have to fly high above For a place in the sun I'll face the unkown I'll build a wo...

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ Pack up all my care and woe Here I go, singing low Bye bye blackbird Where somebody waits for me Sugar's sweet, so is he Bye bye blackbird No one here can love or understand me Oh, what hard luck stories they all hand me Make my bed and light the...

Love, oh love, oh careless love You've fly through my head like wine You've wrecked the life of a many poor girl And you nearly spoiled this life of mine Love, oh love, oh careless love In your clutches of desire You've made me break a many true vow Then you...

He was beautiful Beautiful to my eyes From the moment I saw him The sun filled the sky He was so so beautiful Beautiful just to hold In my dreams he was spring time Winter was cold How could I tell him What I so clearly could see Though I longed for him I ne...

I've tried so hard my dear to show That you're my every dream Yet you're afraid each thing I do Is just some evil scheme A memory from your lonesome past Keeps us so far apart Why can't I free your doubtful mind And melt your cold cold heart Another love bef...

Condemned without trial no chance to explain Sentenced to be lonely despised Condemned without trial to heartaches and pain I thought that you demand me from the life As heaven's my judge and the world is my jury I'm faithful I swear that I am Condemned witho...

Quiet nights of quiet stars Quiet chords from my guitar Floating on the silence that surrounds us Quiet thoughts and quiet dreams Quiet walks by quiet streams And a window that looks out on Corcovado Oh, how lovely Quero a vida sempre assim (I want li...

Lullay, Thou little tiny Child By, by, lully, lullay Lullay, Thou little tiny Child By, by, lully, lullay O sisters too, how may we do For to preserve this day This poor youngling for whom we sing By, by, lully, lullay Herod the king, in his raging Charged h...

Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side. The summer's gone, and all the roses falling, It's you, it's you must go and I must bide. But come ye back when summer's in the meadow, Or when the valley's hushed...

The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at play Through the meadow land toward a closing door A door marked "nevermore" that wasn't there before The lonely night discloses just a passing breeze filled with memories Of the golden smile that...

Tell me that it's true, Tell me you agree, I was meant for you, You were meant for me. Dearly beloved, how clearly I see, Somewhere in Heaven you were fashioned for me, Angel eyes knew you, angel voices led me to you; Nothing could save me, fate gave me a sig...

I dim all of the lights and I sink in my chair. The smoke from my cigarette climbs through the air. The walls of my room fade away in the blue, And I'm deep in a dream of you. The smoke makes a stairway for you to descend; You come to my arms, may this bliss...

Darling you can count on me Till the sun dries up the sea Until then I'll always be devoted to you I'll be yours through endless time I'll adore your charms sublime Guess by now you know that I'm devoted to you I'll never hurt you, I'll never lie I'll never...

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 yo...

On a wagon bound for market, There's a calf with a mournful eye High above him there's a swallow Winging swiftly through the sky How the winds are laughing They laugh with all their might Laugh and laugh the whole day through And half of the summer's night Do...

Love has fooled us It has cooled us Once it's ruled us Now we're free We'll be happy and remembering That we've found love easily Easy come, easy go, that's the way, If love must have its day, then As it came, let it go. No, no remorse, no regrets We should...

Don't be a naughty baby, Come to mama do! My sweet embraceable you. Embrace me My sweet embraceable you Embrace me Youirreplaceable you Just one look at you My heart grows tipsy in me You and you alone Bring out the gypsy in me I love all The many charms ab...

So I walk a little too fast, and I drive a little too fast, And I'm reckless it's true, but what else can you do At the end of a love affair? So I talk a little too much, and I laugh a little too much, And my voice is too loud when I'm out in a crowd, So that...

Falling in love with love is falling for make-believe Falling in love with love is playing the fool Caring too much is such a juvenile fancy Learning to trust is just for children in school I fell in love with love one night when the moon was full I was unwis...

Fly me to the moon And let me play amongst the stars. Let me know what spring is like On Jupiter and Mars. In other words, hold my hand, In other words, darling kiss me. Fill my heart with song, And I will sing forever more, You are all I long for, All I wors...

Though it's forbidden for my arms to hold you And though it's forbidden, my tears must have told you That I hold you secretly each time we meet In these forbidden games that I play Though it's forbidden in dim, quiet places To capture the rainbows my aching h...

What makes me treat you the way that I do Baby ain't I good to you? Ain't nothing in this world Too good for a boy that's good and true Baby ain't I good to you? I bought you a fur coat for Christmas A diamond ring A big Cadillac car and everything Love makes...

Getting to know you, getting to know all about you. Getting to like you, getting to hope you like me. Getting to know you, putting it my way, But nicely, You are precisely, My cup of tea. Getting to know you, Getting to feel free and easy When I am with you,...

Once there was a way to get back homeward Once there was a way to get back home Sleep pretty darling do not cry And I will sing a lullaby Golden slumbers fill your eyes Smiles awake you when you rise Sleep pretty darling do not cry And I will sing a lu...

Good morning heartache You old gloomy sight Good morning heartache Thought we said goodbye last night I turned and tossed until it seemed you had gone But here you are with the dawn Wish I forget you, but you are here to stay It seems I had met you When my l...

Alas, my love, you do me wrong, To cast me off discourteously. And I have loved you well so long, Delighting in your company. Greensleeves was all my joy Greensleeves was my delight, Greensleeves was heart of gold, And who but my lady greensleeves. I have be...

If you loved me half as much as I love you You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do You're nice to me when there's no one else around You only build me up to let me down If you missed me half as much as I miss you You wouldn't stay away half as much as yo...

Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be light From now on our troubles will be out of sight Have yourself a merry little Christmas Make the Yuletide gay From now on, our troubles will be far away Here we are as in olden days Happy golden day...

Hello Young lovers whoever you are I hope your troubles are few All my good wishes go with you tonight I've been in love like you Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star Be brave and faithful and true Cling very close to each other tonight I've been in l...

To lead a better life, I need my love to be there. Here, making each day of the year Changing my life with a wave of his hand Nobody can deny that there's something there There, running my hands through his hair Both of us thinking how good it can be Someone...

Maybe I should have saved those leftover dreams, Funny, but here's that rainy day. Here is that rainy day they told me about, And I laughed at the thought that it might turn out this way. Where's that worn out wish that I threw aside, After it brought my love...

There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun, And it's been the ruin for many a poor boy, And God, I know I'm one. My mother was a tailor, Sewed my new blue jeans. My father was a gambling' man Down in New Orleans. Now, the only thing a gambler n...

How much do I love you? I'll tell you no lie How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky? How many times in a day Do I think of you? How many roses are Sprinkled with dew? How far would I travel Just to be where you are? How far is the journey From here to a s...

How insensitive I must have seemed When he told me that he loved me How unmoved and cold I must have seemed When he told me so sincerely "Why?" he must have asked Did I just turn and stare in icy silence? What was I to say? What can you say when a love affair...

I've had nothing but sorrow Since you said we were through There's no hope for tomorrow How's the world treating you? Every sweet thing that mattered Has been broken in two All my dreams have been shattered How's the world treating you? Got no plans for next...

Bad news, go away Call 'round someday In March or May I can't be bothered now My bonds and shares May fall downstairs Who cares, who cares I'm dancing and I can't be bothered now I'm up among the stars On earthly things I frown I'm throwing off the bars that...

I didn't know what time it was Then I met you Oh, what a lovely time it was How sublime it was too! I didn't know what day it was You held my hand Warm like the month of May it was And I'll say it was grand Grand to be alive, to be young To be mad, to be you...

I need your love so badly I love you oh so madly But I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you I thought at last I'd found you But other lovers surround you And I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you If you'd surrender for a tender kiss or two Yo...

I feel pretty, Oh, so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and bright! And I pity Any girl who isn't me tonight. I feel charming, Oh, so charming It's alarming how charming I feel! And I'm so pretty That I hardly can believe I'm real. See the pretty girl in that...

My story is much too sad to be told But practically ev'rything leaves me totally cold The only exception I know is the case When I'm out on a quiet spree Fighting vainly the old ennui And I suddenly turn and see Your fabulous face I get no kick from champagne...

Never treats me sweet and gentle The way he should I've got it bad And that ain't good My poor heart is sentimental Not made of wood I've got it so bad And that ain't good But when the weekend's over And Monday rolls around I end up like I start out I'm cryi...

Days can be sunny with never a sigh Don't need what money can buy Birds in the trees sing their dayful of songs Why shouldn't we sing along? I'm chipper all the day Happy with my life How do I get that way? Look at what I've got: I got rhythm, I got music, I...

I have dreamed that your arms are lovely I have dreamed what a joy you'll be I have dreamed every word you'll whisper When you're close, close to me How you look in the glow of evening I have dreamed and enjoyed the view In these dreams I've loved you so That...

Every time I look down on this timeless town Whether blue or gray be the sky Whether loud be her cheers or where soft be her tears More and more do I realize I love Paris in the springtime I love Paris in the fall I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles Oo...

I love you Hums the April breeze. I love you Echo the hills. I love you The golden dawn agrees As once more she sees Daffodils. It’s spring again And birds on the wing again Start to sing again That old melody. I love you, That’s the song of songs And it al...

I loves you, Porgy, Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me And drive me mad If you can keep me I wanna stay here with you forever And I'll be glad Yes I loves you, Porgy, Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me With his hot hands If you can keep...

I know he'll never be forgotten He was a king uncrowned I know I'll always remember The warmth of his sound Lingers so long I'm sure he's still around For those who heard they repeat him yet So those who hear won't forget The sound of each phrase Echoes the t...

And, I remember you. You're the one who made my dreams come true, a few kisses ago. I remember you You're the one, who said, "I love you too. I do. Didn't you know?" I remember too A distant bell and the stars that fell Like rain out of the blue When my l...

I see your face before me Crowding my every dream There is your face before me You are my only theme It doesn't matter where you are I can see how fair you are I close my eyes and there you are Always If you could share the magic If you could see me too Ther...

I want to be happy But I won't be happy Till I make you happy, too Life's really worth living When we are mirth-giving Why can't I give some to you? When skies are gray And you say you are blue I'll send the sun smiling through I want to be happy But I won'...

I want you, I want you so bad. I want you, I want you so bad, It's driving me mad, It's driving me mad. I want you, I want you so bad, babe. I want you, I want you so bad, It's driving me mad, It's driving me mad. I want you, I want you so bad, babe. I want...

If it takes forever I will wait for you For a thousand summers I will wait for you Till you're back beside me, till I'm holding you Till I hear you sigh here in my arms Anywhere you wander, anywhere you go Every day remember how I love you so In your heart be...

I’ll be around No matter how you treat me now I’ll be around When she’s gone Your latest love Can never last And when it’s past I’ll be around when she’s gone Goodbye again And if you find a love like mine Just now and then Drop a line to say you’re feeling f...

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ This lovely day will lengthen into evening, We'll sigh good-bye to all we've ever had, Alone where we have walked together, I'll remember April and be glad I'll be content, I loved you once in April, Your lips were warm, and love an' spring were n...

I'll take you home again, Kathleen Across the ocean wild and wide To where your heart has ever been Since first you were my bonnie bride. The roses all have left your cheek. I've watched them fade away and die Your voice is sad when e'er you speak And tears be...

Blow ill wind, Blow away, Let me rest today. You're blowin' me no good, No good. Go ill wind, Go away, Skies are oh so gray Around my neighborhood, And that ain't good You're only misleadin' the sunshine I'm needin', Ain't that a shame It's so hard to keep u...

I'm a fool to want you I'm a fool to want you To want a love that can't be true A love that's there for others too I'm a fool to hold you Such a fool to hold you To seek a kiss not mine alone To share a kiss the Devil has known Time and time again I said I'd...

As I walk down the street Seems everyone I meet Gives me a friendly hello I guess I'm just a lucky so and so The birds in every tree Are all so neighborly. They sing wherever I go I guess I'm just a lucky so and so If you should ask me the amount in my bank...

I'm not in your town to stay Said a lady old and grey To the warden of a penitentiary I'm not in your town to stay And I'll soon be on my way I'm just here to get my baby out of jail Yes, warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail Itried to raise my bab...

I am not such a clever one About the latest fads I admit I was never one Adored by local lads Not that I ever try to be a saint I'm the type that they classify as quaint I'm old fashioned I love the moonlight I love the old fashioned things The sound of rain...

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill He sounds too blue to fly The midnight train is whining low I'm so lonesome I could cry I've never seen a night so long When time goes crawling by The moon just went behind a cloud To hide its face and cry Did you ever see a R...

I've got you under my skin I've got you deep in the heart of me So deep in my heart, that you're really a part of me I've got you under my skin I've tried so not to give in I've said to myself this affair never will go so well But why should I try to re...

If I give my heart to you I must be sure from the very start that you Would love me more than him If I trust in you, oh please Don't run and hide If I love you too, oh please Don't hurt my pride like him Cause I couldn't stand the pain And I would be sad If o...

If I loved you, Time and again I would try to say All I'd want you to know. If I loved you, Words wouldn't come in an easy way Round in circles I'd go! Longing to tell you, But afraid and shy, I'd let my golden chances pass me by! Soon you'd leave me,...

Ask me how do I feel, Now that we're cosy and clinging, Well sir, all I can say is If I were a bell I'd be ringing! From the moment we kissed goodnight, That's the way I just gotta behave, And if I were a lamp I'd light, Or if I were a banner I'd wave! Ask m...

Please please play my music for me, I'm not sure of the words yet; Huh, I'm not sure of anything! Life is very rough and tumble for a humble siseuse; One can betray one's troubles never, whatever occurs! Night after night, Have to be bright, Whether yo...

(If you should go, if you should leave him alone There'll be no spring or birds to sing There'd be no sun to shine on him) If you go, if you love me no more If I know that you want me no more Then the sun would lose its light And day turn into night Ni...

It's only human for anyone to want to be in love But who wants to be in love in vain At night you hang around the house And eat your heart out And cry your eyes out And rack your brain You sit and wonder Why anyone as wonderful as he Should cause you such mi...

There are places I'll remember all my life, Though some have changed. Some forever not for better Some have gone and some remain. All these places have their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall. Some are dead and some are living, In my life I've...

Isn't it a pity Now, isn't it a shame How we break each other's hearts And cause each other pain How we take each other's love Without thinking anymore Forgetting to give back Isn't it a pity Some things take so long But how do I explain When not too many peo...

It ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so The t'ings dat yo' li'ble To read in de Bible, It ain't necessarily so. Li'l David was small, but oh my ! Li'l David was small, but oh my ! He fought Big Goliath Who lay down an' dieth ! Li'l David was small, bu...

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...

I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm I'm as jumpy as a puppet on a string I'd say that I had Spring fever But I know it isn't Spring I am starry-eyed and vaguely discontented Like a nightingale without a song to sing Oh, why should I have Spring fever W...

Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be playing solitaire Uneasy in my easy chair It never entered my mind And once you told me I was mistaken That I'd awaken with the sun And ordered orange juice for one It never entered my mind You had what I lac...

It's not that easy being green; Having to spend each day the color of the leaves. When I think it could be nicer being red, or yellow or gold- or something much more colorful like that. It's not easy being green. It seems you blend in with so many other ordin...

Play the guitar, play it again, my Johnny Maybe you're cold but you're so warm inside I was always a fool for my Johnny For the one they call Johnny Guitar Play it again, Johnny Guitar What if you go, what if you stay, I love you But if you're cruel, you can...

Just friends, lovers no more Just friends, but not like before To think of what we've been and not to kiss again Seems like pretending it isn't the ending Two friends drifting apart Two friends, but one broken heart We loved, we laughed, we cried, and sudde...

Just imagine That he loves me dearly. Just imagine That I'm here sincerely. I'm pretending That he's sending Love note ending "I love you!" Seems that he's there As the day is closing; On his knees there, I hear him proposing! He's not present, S...

Just you, just me Let's find a cozy spot To cuddle and coo Just us, just we I've missed an awful lot My trouble is you Oh, gee! What are your charms for What are my arms for Use your imagination Just you, just me I'll tie a lover's knot 'Round wonderful you...

Matin, fais lever le soleil Matin, à l'instant du réveil Viens tendrement poser Tes perles de rosée Sur la nature en fleurs Chère à mon cœur Le ciel a choisi mon pays Pour faire un nouveau paradis Où loin des tourments Danse un éternel printemps Pour les amant...

Lady Madonna, children at your feet, Wonders how you manage to make ends meet. Who finds the money when you pay the rent, Did you know that money was heaven sent? Friday night arrives without a suitcase, Sunday morning creeping like a nun. Monday's chil...

Laura is the face in the misty light Footsteps that you hear down the hall The laugh that floats on a summer night That you can never quite recall And you see Laura on a train that is passing through Those eyes how familiar they seem She gave your very...

When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hour of darkness, She is standing right in front of me, Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. Let it be, let it be. Let it be, let it be, Whis...

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 me love you Let me say that I do If you lend me your ear I'll make it clear the way that I do Let me whisper it Let me sigh it Let me sing it, my dear Or I will cry it Let me love you Let me show that I do Let me do a million impossible things So you'll...

I lost myself on a cool damp night Gave myself in that misty light Was hypnotized by a strange delight Under a lilac tree I made wine from the lilac tree Put my heart in its recipe It makes me see what I want to see and be what I want to be When I think more...

Look for the silver lining Whenever a cloud appears in the blue Remember somewhere the sun is shining And so the right thing to do is make it shine for you A heart full of joy and gladness Will always banish sadness and strife So always look for the silver li...

Before Lord God made the sea and the land, He held all the stars in the palm of his hand. And they ran through his fingers like grains of sand, And one little star fell alone. Then the Lord God hunted through the wide night air For the little dark star in the...

The sky was blue And high above The moon was new And so was love This eager heart of mine was singing Lover where can you be You came at last Love had its day That day is past You've gone away This aching heart of mine is singing Lover come back to me When I...

I don't know why, but I'm feeling so sad I long to try something I've never had Never had no huggin' Never had no kissin', Lover man, where can you be The night is cold and I'm so all alone I'd give my soul just to call him my own Got a moon above me, But n...

Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear And it shows them pearly white Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe And he keeps it, ah, out of sight Ya know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe Scarlet billows start to spread Fancy gloves, oh, wears old Ma...

I've been down and I'm wondering why These little black clouds Keep walking around With me With me It wastes time And I'd rather be high Think I'll walk me outside And buy a rainbow smile But they're free They're all free So maybe tomorrow I'll find my way h...

Waking skies At Sunrise, Every sunset too, Seems to be Bringing me Memories of you. Here and there, Everywhere, Scenes that we once knew, And they all Just recall Memories of you. How I wish I could forget Those happy yesteryears That have left a rosary of t...

Born a poor young country boy--Mother Nature's son All day long I'm sitting singing songs for everyone. Sit beside a mountain stream--see her waters rise Listen to the pretty sound of music as she flies. Find me in my field of grass--Mother Nature's son...

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...

I could say it's over now That I was glad to see you go I could hate you for theway I'm feelin' My lips could tell a lie, but my heart would know It's a sin to make me cry When you know I love you so I could tell my heart that I don't miss you My lips could...

Mai più nessuno al mondo t'amerà così, perché nessuno al mondo soffrirà cosi. Nessuno mai saprà cosa sei per me, ma forse il tuo cuore sa che vivo per te. Se tu conosci il mondo tu conosci me. Se tu ti stai perdendo tienti stretta a me. E' stato un sol desti...

No other love can warm my heart Now that I've known the comfort of your arms No other love holds the sweet contentment that I find with you Every time, every time. No other lips could want you more For I was born to glory in your kiss. Forever yours I was bles...

I want to be no one but me I am in love with a lover who likes me the way I am I have my faults; he likes my faults I'm not very bright, he's not very bright He thinks I'm grand; that's grand for me He may be wrong, but if we get along "What do we care?", sa...

I may get around, I may laugh a lot Now you'd think that I'd be happy with the life I got Nobody knows, nobody sees Ain't nobody really knows the inner side o'me I may seem secure, I could have it made You might think you see a lucky man who made the grade No...

I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me. She showed me her room, isn't it good, norwegian wood? She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere. So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair. I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking h...

Missed the Saturday dance Heard they crowded the floor Couldn't bear it without you Don't get around much anymore Though I'd visit the club Got as far as the door They'd have asked me about you Don't get around much anymore Darling, I guess my mind's more at...

Si mme suonne 'int' 'e suonne che faje Nun è peccato. E si 'nzuonno nu vaso mme daje Nun è peccato. Tu mme guarde cu st'uocchie 'e passione, Io te parlo e mme tremmano 'e mmane. Ma si chesto pe' te nun è bene Mme saje dicere 'o bbene che è? Si 'sta vocca des...

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree! How are thy leaves so verdant! O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, How are thy leaves so verdant! Not only in the summertime, But even in winter is thy prime. O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, How are thy leaves so verdan...

Listen to my tale of woe, it's terribly sad but true, All dressed up, no place to go Each evening I'm awfully blue. I must win some winsome miss Can't go on like this, I could blossom out I know, Which somebody just like you. so... Oh sweet and lovely, Lady...

You're clear out of this world When I'm looking at you, I hear out of this world The music that no mortal ever knew. You're right out of a book, The fairy tale I read when I was so high; No armoured knight out of a book Was more enchanted by a Lorelei then I....

Don't throw bouquets at me Don't please my folks too much Don't laugh at my jokes too much People will say we're in love Don't sigh and gaze at me Your sighs are so like mine And your eyes mustn't glow like mine People will say we're in love Don't start coll...

Poor Butterfly, 'neath the blossoms waiting Poor Butterfly, for she loved him so The moments pass into hours The hours pass into years And as she smiles through her tears She murmurs low The moon and I know that he'll be faithful I'm sure he'll come back by a...

Remind me not to find you so attractive Remind me that the world is full of men When I start to miss you, to touch your hand, to kiss you Remind me to count to ten I had a feeling when I met you You'd drive me crazy if I let you But all my efforts to forget y...

I peeked in to say goodnight And then I heard my child in prayer And for me some scarlet ribbons Scarlet ribbons for my hair All the stores were closed and shuttered All the streets were dark and bare In our town no scarlet ribbons Not one ribbon for her hair...

The leaves of brown came tumblin' down, remember In September in the rain The sun went out just like a dying ember That September in the rain To every word of love I heard you whisper The raindrops seemed to play a sweet refrain Though spring is here, to me...

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

Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child Holy Infant so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace. Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight! Glories stream from heaven afar;...

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ Snowfall Softly Gently drift down Snowflakes Whisper 'Neath my window Covering trees Misty white Velvet breeze 'Round my doorstep Gently Softly Silent Snowfall ~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ Covering trees Misty white Velvet breeze 'Round my doorstep Snowfall...

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Softly as in a morning sunrise The light of love comes stealing Into a newborn day Flaming with all the glow of sunrise A burning kiss is sealing The vow that all betray All the passions that thrill love And lift you high to heaven Are the passions that kill...

In my solitude you haunt me With reveries of days gone by In my solitude you taunt me With memories that never die I sit in my chair filled with despair There's no one could be so sad With gloom ev’rywhere I sit and I stare I know that I’ll soon go mad In m...

Somewhere waiting for me There is someone I'm longing to see Someone I simply can't help but adore Someone who'll thrill me forever Some day my prince will come Some day I'll find my love And how thrilling that moment will be When the prince of my dreams comes...

There's a saying old, says that love is blind Still we're often told, seek and ye shall find So I'm going to seek a certain lad I've had in mind Looking everywhere, haven't found him yet He's the big affair I cannot forget Only man I ever think of with regret...

I can't believe that you're not here with me, To have a laugh or share a tear with me. It's all so wrong, it can't be right, It must have been something I dreamed last night! To never see your funny face again! To never thrill to your embrace again! Oh,...

Once I was a sentimental thing Throw my heart away each Spring Now a Spring romance Hasn't got a chance Promised my first dance to Winter All I've got to show's a splinter For my little fling Spring, this year has got me feeling like a horse That never left t...

It's summertime and the living is easy Fish are jumping and the cotton is high Your daddy's rich and your mama's good-looking Hush, little baby don't you cry Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry No no no no Don't cry, don't cry One of these mornings you're gonna r...

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ Did you say , I've got a lot to learn? Well, don't think I'm trying not to learn Since this is the perfect spot to learn Teach me tonight. Starting with the ABC of it Right down to the XYZ of it Help me solve the mystery of it Teach me tonight....

That's my girl, Take a look at her she belongs to me Yes that's my girl, hand off, don't touch She looks just like an angel But she's human all the same So I'm not taking chances I won't tell her address or even her name 'Cos that's my girl I'm adding her to...

Tall and tan and young and handsome The boy from Ipanema goes walking And when he passes, each girl he passes goes ahah When he walks, he's like a samba He swings so cool and sways so gently That when he passes, each girl he passes goes ahah Oh, but I watch h...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack frost nipping at your nose Yuletide carols being sung by a choir And folks dressed up like Eskimos Everybody knows a turkey and some Mistletoe help to make the season bright Tiny tots...

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ Someday we'll build a home on a hilltop high, You and I, Shiny and new, a cottage that two can fill. And we'll be pleased to be called, "The folks who live on the hill". Someday we may be adding a thing or two, A wing or two. We will make changes a...

'Tis the last rose of summer left blooming alone All her lovely companions are faded and gone No flower of her kindred, no rosebud is nigh To reflect back her blushes and give sigh for sigh I'll not leave thee, thou lone one, to pine on the stem Since the lov...

Each time I look at you is like the first time Each time you're near me the thrill is new And there is nothing that I wouldn't do for The rare delight of the sight of you for The more I see you, the more I want you Somehow this feeling just grows and grows Wi...

It's not the pale moon that excites me That thrills and delights me, oh no It's just the nearness of you It isn't your sweet conversation That brings this sensation, oh no It's just the nearness of you When you're in my arms and I feel you so close to...

The shadow of your smile When you are gone Will color all my dreams and lights the dawn Look into my eyes my love and see All the lovely things you are to me Our wistful little star Was far too high A teardrop kissed your lips And so did I Now when I rememb...

My day in the hills has come to an end, I know A star has come out, to tell me it's time to go But deep in the dark green shadows Are voices that urge me to stay So I pause and I wait and I listen For one more sound, or one more lovely thing That the hills mig...

The summer smiles, the summer knows And unashamed she sheds her clothes The summer smoothes the restless sky And lovingly she warms the sand, on which you lie The summer knows, the summer's wise She sees the doubts within your eyes And so she takes her...

The boat rides we would take, the moonlight on the lake The way we danced and hummed our fav'rite song The things we did last summer I'll remember all winter long The midway and the fun, the kewpie dolls we won The bell I rang to prove that I was strong The t...

When a zither starts to play You'll remember yesterday In its haunting strain Vienna lives again Free and bright and gay In your mind a sudden gleam Of a half forgotten dream Seems to glimmer when you hear the third man theme Once again there comes to mind So...

The thrill is gone, The thrill is gone; I can see it in your eyes, I can hear it in your sighs, Feel your touch and realise The thrill is gone. The nights are cold, For love is old; Love was grand When love was new, Birds were singin', Skies were blue. Now it...

Say the word and you'll be free Say the word and be like me Say the word I'm thinking of Have you heard the word is love? It's so fine, It's sunshine It's the word, love In the beginning I misunderstood But now I've got it, the word is good Spread the word an...

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 a...

Somewhere, someday We'll be close together, wait and see Oh, by the way, This time the dream's on me You'll take my hand And you'll look at me adoringly But as things stand, This time the dream's on me It would be fun To be certain that I'm the one To kno...

Three coins in the fountain, Each one seeking happiness. Thrown by three hopeful lovers, Which one will the fountain bless? Three hearts in the fountain, Each heart longing for its home. There they lie in the fountain Somewhere in the heart of Rome. Which on...

You're just too marvelous, too marvelous for words Like "glorious", "glamorous" and that old standby "amorous". It's all too wonderful, I'll never find the words That say enough, tell enough, I mean they just aren't swell enough. You're much too much, and jus...

Here we are, out of cigarettes, Holding hands and yawning; look how late it gets, Two sleepy people, by dawn's early light, Too much in love to say good-night. Say, here we are, in this cozy chair, Picking on a wishbone from the Frigidaire, Two sleepy people...

So close your eyes For that's a lovely way to be Aware of things your heart alone was meant to see The fundamental loneliness goes Whenever two can dream a dream together You can't deny Don 't try to fight the rising sea Don't fight the moon, the stars above...

What is this thing called love? This funny thing called love? Just who can solve this mystery. Why should it make a fool of me? So you're there when You want to possess. She took my heart You threw it away I cried for love In the heaven above. What is this t...

What's new How is the world treating you You haven't changed a bit Handsome as ever I must admit What's new How did that romance come through We haven't met since then Gee but it's nice to see you again What's new, probably I'm boring you But seeing you is g...

Maybe I'm old fashioned, feeling as I do Maybe I am living in the past But when I meet the right one I know that I'll be true My first love will be the last When I fall in love it will be forever Or I'll never fall in love In a restless world like this is Lov...

We have been gay, going our way Life has been beautiful, we have been young After you've gone, life will go on Like an old song we have sung When I grow too old to dream I'll have you to remember When I grow too old to dream Your love will live in my heart So...

When I look in your eyes I see the wisdom of the world in your eyes I see the sadness of a thousand goodbyes When I look in your eyes And it is no surprise To see the softness of the moon in your eyes The gentle sparkle of the stars in the skies When I look i...

Sweet music soft and mellow Soothing and slow Strains of a mellow 'cello When lights are low Dear, we're so close together I love you so Why think about the weather When lights are low Two hearts revealing Music hath charms Life's so appealing With inspi...

Wherever I go they mention my name, And that in itself, is some sort of fame, "Come by for a drink,we're having a game, Wherever I go they're glad that I came. The talk is quite gay, the company's fine, There's laughter and lights, and glamour and wine, And wo...

Go for a ride In the still of the night And morning brings forth All this wonderful delight Couldn't have made it more plain When I heard that soft refrain And I heard you gently sigh Wanna take you where flamingos fly, flamingos fly Way over yonder in the cl...

Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Where have all the flowers gone? Picked by young girls every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the young girls gone? Long...

Love me, love me, say you do Let me fly away with you For my love is like the wind And wild is the wind Give me more than one caress Satisfy this hungriness Let the wind blow through your heart For wild is the wind You touch me I hear the sound of mandolins...

Willow weep for me Willow weep for me Bend your branches green Along the stream that flows to sea Listen to my plea Listen willow and weep for me. Gone my lovers dream Lovely summer dream Gone and left me here To weep my tears into the stream Sad as I can be....

You and the night and the music Fill me with flaming desire Setting my being completely on fire You and the night and the music Thrill me but will we be one After the night and the music are done? Until the pale light of dawning and daylight Our hearts will b...

You do something to me Something that simply mystifies me Tell me, how can it be You've got the power to hypnotize me? Let me live 'neath your spell Do do that voodoo that you do so well You, you do something to me That nobody else can do. ~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ You...

You give your hand to me And then you say, "Hello." And I can hardly speak, My heart is beating so. And anyone can tell You think you know me well. Well, you don't know me. (no you don't know me) No you don't know the one Who dreams of you at night; And longs...

You don't know what love is 'Til you've learned the meaning of the blues Until you've loved a love you've had to lose, You don't know what love is. You don't know how lips hurt Until you've kissed and had to pay the cost, Until you've flipped your heart and y...

The news is out - all over town That you've been seen - a-runnin' 'round I know that I - should leave, but then I just can't go - you win again. This heart of mine - could never see What ev'rybod - y knew but me Just trusting you - was my great sin What can I...

You'd be so nice to come home to You'd be so nice by the fire While the breeze on high sang a lullaby You'd be all that I could desire Under stars chilled by the winter Under an August moon burning above You'd be so nice, you'd be paradise To come home to and...

You're my thrill. You do something to me, You send chills right through me When I look at you 'Cause you're my thrill. You're my thrill Why this strange desire That keeps mounting higher? When I look at you 'Cause you're my thrill Hmm, nothing Nothing else...

Hey pretty lady How amzing you are I just love to hear you talk I might be crazy When i play my guitar Outside your window in the dark I probably should go Dont wanna get you in trouble But you know im gonna stay Because baby i really need to say That im y...