Johnny Hartman

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ (A pretty girl is like a melody) A pretty girl is like a melody That haunts you night and day, Just like the strain of a haunting refrain, She'll start up on a marathon and run around your brain. You can't escape, she's in your memory by morni...

After you've gone and left me cryin' After you've gone there's no denyin' You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had There'll come a time, now don't forget it There'll come a time when you'll regret it Someday, when you grow...

No one to talk with All by myself No one to walk with But I'm happy on the shelf Ain't misbehavin' I'm savin' my love for you I know for certain The one I love I'm through with flirtin' It's just you I'm thinkin' of Ain't misbehavin' I'm savin' my love for yo...

You took my kisses and you took my love, You taught me how to care; Am I to be just the remnant of a one-sided love affair? All you took, I gladly gave, There's nothing left for me to save. All of me why not take all of me, Can't you see I'm no good without...

What a day this has been! What a rare mood I'm in! Why, it's almost like being in love There's a smile on my face For the whole human race Why it's almost like being in love All the music of life seems to be Like a bell that is ringing for me And from the wa...

Alone, alone with a sky of romance above Alone, alone on a night that was meant for love There must be someone waiting Who feels the way I do Who ever you are, are you, are you Alone, alone on this night that we two could share Alone, alone with your kiss t...

Times have changed, And we've ofter rewound the clock Since the puritans got a shock When they landed on Plymouth rock If today any shock they might try to stem 'Stead of landing of Plymouth rock Plymouth rock would land on them. In olden days a glimpse of st...

As you desire me, so shall I come to you, Howe'er you want me, so shall I be, Be it forever, or be it just a day, As you desire me, let come what may. I doubt not what you will, do what you will with me, I give my life to you for you're my destiny. And now c...

Through the trees comes autumn with her serenade. Melodies the sweetest music ever played. Autumn kisses we knew are beautiful souvenirs. As I pause to recall the leaves seem to fall like tears. Silver stars were clinging to an autumn sky. Love was ours...

But I'm bidin' my time, Cause that's the kind of guy I'm, While other folks grow dizzy, I keep busy, Bidin' my time. Next year, next year, Somethin's bound to happen, This year, this year, I'll just keep on mappin', And bidin' my time, "Cause that's the kind o...

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, my how they fly Blue d...

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...

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ I'll go my way by myself This is the end of romance I'll go my way by myself Love is only a dance I'll try to apply myself And teach my heart how to sing I'll go my way by myself Like a bird on the wing I'll face the unkown I'll build a world of...

By the time I get to Phoenix She'll be rising She'll find the note I left hanging on her door She'll laugh, when she reads the part that says I'm leaving Cause I've left that girl, so many times before By the time I make Albuquerque She'll be working She'll p...

When we played our charade We were like children posing Playing at games, acting out names Guessing the parts we played Oh what a hit we made We came on next to closing Best on the bill, lovers until Love left the masquerade Fate seemed to pull the strings I...

If I should write a book for you That brought me fame and fortune too, That book would be, Like my heart and me, Dedicated to you. And if I should paint a picture too That showed the loveliness of you, My art would be, Like my heart and me, Dedicated to you....

This time we almost made the pieces fit Didn't we? This time we almost made some sense of it Didn't we? This time I had the answer, right here in my hand Then I touched it and it had turned to sand This time we almost sang our song in tune Didn't we, love? Th...

Don't you know I care Or don't you care to know? If you know I care, How can you hurt me so. Darling, you are part of ev'ry breath I take Will you break my heart Or give my heart a break? I can't figure out what love's all about, and where I fit into your sc...

Takin' the shade out of the sun Whatever made me think that I was number one? I oughta know, easy come, easy go Sittin' it out, spinnin' the dial Thinkin' about the chump I 've been I have to smile Didn't I know, easy come, easy go She wasn't kind, I wasn't sm...

Living for you is easy living It's easy to live when you're in love And I'm so in love There is nothing in life but you I never regret the years that I'm giving They're easy to give when you're in love I'm happy to do whatever I do for you For you may...

I know too well that I'm just wasting precious time In thinking such a thing could be That you could ever care for me I'm sure you hate to hear That I adore you, dear But grant me Just the same I'm not entirely to blame For love You'd be so easy to love So eas...

Every time we say goodbye, I die a little, Every time we say goodbye, I wonder why a little, Why the Gods above me, who must be in the know. Think so little of me, they allow you to go. When you're near, there's such an air of spring about it, I can hear a lar...

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. And so I come to you my love, My heart above my head. Though I see the danger there. If there's a chance for me, then I don't care Fools rush in where wise men never go. But wise men never, never fall in love,...

For all we know we may never meet again Before you go make this moment sweet again We won't say "Good night" until the last minute I'll hold out my hand and my heart will be in it For all we know this may only be a dream We come and go like a ripple on a stre...

Don't look so sad, I know it's over. But life goes on, and this old world will keep on turning. Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together. There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning. Lay your head on my pillow. Hold your warm and tend...

[Speaking] They like to chat about the dresses they will wear tonight They chew the fat about their tresses and the neighbours' fight Inconsequential things that men don't really care to know Become essential things that women find so apropos But that's a da...

I remember holdin' on to you All them long and lonely nights I put you through Somewhere in there I'm sure I made you cry But I can't remember if we said goodbye But I recall all of them nights down in Mexico One place I may never go in my life again Was I ju...

Take the ribbon from your hair Shake it loose and let it fall Layin' soft upon my skin Like the shadows on the wall Come and lay down by my side Till the early mornin' light All I'm takin' is your time Help me make it through the night I don't care who's rig...

I could cry salty tears Where have I been all these years? Little wow, tell me now How long has this been goin' on? There were chills up my spine And some thrills I can't define Listen sweet, I repeat How long has this been goin' on? Oh, I feel that...

Let's build a stairway to the stars And climb that stairway to the stars With love beside us to fill the night with a song We'll hear the sound of violins Out yonder where the blue begins The moon will guide us as we go drifting along [Chorus] Can't we sail...

Whenever skies look gray to me And trouble begins to brew, Whenever the winter winds become too strong, I concentrate on you. When fortune cries "Nay! Nay!" to me And people declare "You're through!", Whenever the blues become my only song, I concentrate on y...

A-B-C-D-E-G I never learned to spell At least not well. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 I never learned to count A great amount. But my busy mind is burning To use what learning I've got. I won't waste any time, I'll strike while the iron is hot. If they asked me, I could w...

Away from the city that hurts and knocks, I'm standing alone by the desolate docks In the still and the chill of the night. I see the horizon the great unknown My heart has an ache, it's as heavy as stone With the dawn coming on make its light I cover the wat...

I fall in love too easily, I fall in love too fast I fall in love too terribly hard, for love to ever last My heart should be well schooled, 'cause I've been fooled in the past And still I fall in love too easily, I fall in love too fast I fall in love too ea...

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...

I let a song go out of my heart It was the sweetest melody I know I lost heaven 'cause you were the song Since you and I have drifted apart Life doesn't mean a thing to me Please come back, sweet music, I know I was wrong Am I too late to make amends? You kn...

In a world of glitter and glow  In a world of tinsel and show  The unreal from the real thing is hard to know  I discovered somebody who  Could be truly worthy and true  Yes, I found my ideal thing when I met you  I see your face before me You are my only dre...

I took a trip on a train And I thought about you I passed a shadowy lane And I thought about you Two or three cars parked under the stars Winding stream Moon shining down on some little town And with each beam, the same old dream And every stop that we made...

I'll never smile again Until I smile at you I'll never laugh again What good would it do? For tears would fill my eyes My heart would realize That our romance is through I'll never love again I'm so in love with you I'll never thrill again To somebody new Wit...

This lovely day will lengthen into evening We'll sigh goodbye to all we ever had Alone where we have walked together I'll remember April and be glad I'll be content you loved me once in April Your lips were warm and love and spring were new I'm not afraid of...

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'd tried so not to give in. I said to myself, this affair never will go so well. But why should I try to resist...

Whether I'm right or whether I'm wrong Whether I find a place in this world or never belong Yes, I've gotta be me, I've gotta be me What else can I be but what I am I want to live, not merely survive And I won't give up this dream Of life that keeps me alive...

I could show the world how to smile I could be glad all of the while I could change the grey skies to blues If I had you I could leave the old days behind Leave all my pals, I'd never mind I could start my life all a new If I had you I could climb the snow c...

In the wee small hours of the morning While the whole wide world is fast asleep You lie awake and think about the girl And never even think of counting sheep When your lonely heart has learned its lesson You'd be hers if only she would call In the wee small h...

Your sweet expression, the smile you gave me The way you looked when we met, It's easy to remember, but so hard to forget I hear you whisper „I’ll always love you” I know it's over and yet It's easy to remember, but so hard to forget So I must dream to have...

1. Just a-wearyin' for you, All the time a-feelin' blue, Wishin' for you, wound'rin' when You'll be comin' home again. Restless, don't know what to do, Just a-wearyin' for you. 2. Mornin' comes, the birds awake, Used to sing so for your sake But there's sadne...

Just a’wearyin for you All the time a’feelin blue Wishin for you, wonderin when You’ll be coming home again Restless don’t know what to do Just a’wearyin for you Morning comes, the birds awake Seem to sing so for your sake But there’s sadness in the notes Tha...

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 y...

Long ago and far away I dreamed a dream one day And now that dream is here beside me Long the skies were overcast But now the clouds have passed You're here at last Chills run up and down my spine Aladdin's lamp is mine The dream I dreamed was not denied me Ju...

It's very clear, our love is here to stay Not for a year but ever and a day The radio and the telephone and the movies that we know May just be passing fancies and in time may go But oh, my dear, our love is here to stay Together we're going a long, long way...

I used to visit all the very gay places Those come-what-may places Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life To get the feel of life from jazz and cocktails The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces With distingue traces that used to b...

It was Montmartre It was midnight Come to think of it Yes, it was spring There was music I was listening Then in the room somewhere someone began to sing This serenade made for remembering A small cafe, Mam'selle Our rendezvous, Mam'selle The violins were...

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

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 strudels Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel wit...

The night is like a lovely tune Beware my foolish heart How white the ever constant moon Take care my foolish heart There's a line between love and fascination That's hard to see, how many names such as this For they both have the very same sensation When you...

My funny Valentine Sweet comic Valentine You make me smile with my heart Your looks are laughable, Unphotographable Yet, you're my favorite work of art Is your figure less than Greek? Is your mouth a little weak? When you open it to speak, Are you smart? Bu...

The very thought of you makes my heart sing Like an April breeze on the wings of spring, And you appear in all your splendor, My one and only love. The shadows fall and spread their mystic charms In the hush of night while you're in my arms. I feel your lips,...

On a clear day, rise and look around you And you'll see who you are On a clear day how it will astound you That the glow of your being outshines every star You'll feel part of ev'ry mountain, sea, and shore You can hear from far and near a world you've never...

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ Lover! One lovely day Love came planning to stay Green Dolphin street supplied the setting The setting for nights beyond forgetting And through these moments apart Memories live in my heart When I recall the love I found on I could kiss the grou...

Once in a while will you try to give One little thought to me Though someone else may be Nearer your heart? Once in a while will you dream Of the moments I shared with you Moments before we two Drifted apart? In love's smoldering ember One spark may remain I...

Raindrops keep fallin' on my head And just like the guy who's feet are too big for his bed Nothing seems to fit Those Raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin' So I just did me some talking to the sun And I said I didn't like the way he got things d...

Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, You in mid-air. Where are the clowns? Isn't it bliss? Don't you approve? One who keeps tearing around, One who can't move. Where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns. Just when I'd stopped Open...

When I was a young man courtin' the girls I played me a waiting game If a maid refused me with tossing curls I wood her and wood her with the gold and pearls And as time went by, she came my way And as time went by, she came. Oh, it's a long long while from M...

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

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ Let's build the stairway to the stars And climb that stairway to the stars With Love beside us To fill the night with a song We'll hear the sound of violins Way out yonder where the blue begins The moon will guide us As we go drifting along. Can't...

The summer wind came blowin' in From across the sea It lingered there so warm and fair All summer long we sang a song And then we strolled on golden sand Two friends and the summer wind Like painted skies, those days and nights They went flying by The worl...

Summertime and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is fine Oh your Daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin' So hush little baby, don't you cry One of these mornings You're goin' to rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings And you'll take th...

Is this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play? I don't remember growing older, When did they? When did she get to be a beauty? When did he grow to be so tall? Wasn't it yesterday when they were small? Sunrise, sunset. Sunrise, sunset, Swif...

You came to me so tenderly And for a day the world was ours I will never forget although time may pass by How you came to me so tenderly The night was cold and it felt so old Until you came with your youthful flame And suddenly like freed from spell Th...

That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well Those icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine, The same old tingle that I feel inside And then that elevator starts its ride, And,...

I can only give you love that lasts forever And the promise to be near each time you call And the only heart I own for you and you alone That's all, that's all I can only give you country walks in springtime And a hand to hold when leaves begin to fall And a...

It was midnight, we were all alone, The day the world stopped turning. Through the window little diamonds showin', The day the world stopped turning. Suddenly the air was still, The bright new moon grew dim; We were lost in limbo, Way out on a limb. From the...

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 tha...

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". And someday we may be adding a thing or two, A wing or two. We will make changes as any f...

Dream beside me in the midnight glow, The lamp is low. Dream and watch the shadows come and go, The lamp is low. While you linger in my arms, My lips will sigh "I love you so" Dream the sweetest dream we'll ever know, Tonight the moon is high, The lamp is low....

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 gr...

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 And when you're in my arms and I hold you so...

The very thought of you And I forget to do Those little ordinary things That everyone ought to do I'm living in a kind of daydream I'm happy as a queen and foolish Though it may seem to me That's everything The mere idea of you The longing here for y...

You look at me and wonder, you look at me and doubt, Darling your eyes are asking, "Will the flame burn out?" Well, no one is sure of sun shine, no one is sure of dawn, But I am sure my love will live on and on. I'll be tired of you when stars are tired of gle...

There goes my heart, there goes the one I love There goes the girl I wasn't worthy of There goes my happiness, it couldn't be There goes somebody else in place of me Goodbye romance, it couldn't last somehow I had my chance but it's all over now I never thoug...

The stars are still on high but they don't twinkle any more; Why does it seem They've lost their gleam? Somehow the lovely flowers have no fragrance any more; Where is their bloom, Their sweet perfume? Darling, that just shows what your goodbye can do, Until y...

Oh! Will you never let me be? Oh! Will you never set me free? The ties that bound us Are still around us There's no escape that I can see And still those little things remain That bring me happiness or pain A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces An airlin...

The way you wear your hat The way your sip your tea The memory of all that No, no, they can't take that away from me The way your smile just beams The way you sing off key The way you haunt my dreams No, no, they can't take that away from me We may never, ne...

Unforgettable That's what you are Unforgettable Tho' near or far Like a song of love that clings to me How the thought of you does things to me Never before has someone been more Unforgettable in every way And forever more, that's how you'll stay That's why da...

Cause I bought you violets for your furs And it was spring for a while, remember? I bought you violets for your furs And there was april in that december The snow drifted downon the flowers And melted where it lay The snow looked like dew on the blossoms As...

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...

Here in a moment of darkness Remember the sun has shone Laugh, and the world will laugh with you Cry, and you'll cry alone No tears No fears Remember there's always tomorrow So what if we have to part We'll be together again Your kiss Your smile Are memor...

We've only just begun to live, White lace and promises A kiss for luck and we're on our way. And yes, We've just begun. Before the rising sun we fly, So many roads to choose We start our walking and learn to run. And yes, We've just begun. Sharing ho...

What is there to say? And what is there to do? The dream I've been seeking has, practic'ly speaking, come true. What is there to say? How will I pull through? I knew in a moment contentment and home meant just you. You are so lovable, so livable, Your be...

What is this thing called love? This funny thing called love? tell me, who can solve its mystery? Why should it make a fool of me? I saw you there one wonderful day You took my heart and then threw it away That's why I ask the Lord in Heaven above What is thi...

The wheel of fortune Goes spinning around Will the arrow point my way? Will this be my day? Oh, wheel of fortune Please don't pass me by Let me know the magic of A kiss and a sigh While the wheel is spinning, spinning, spinning I'll not dream of winning for...

When you're alone Who cares for starlit skies? When you're alone The magic moonlight dies At break of dawn There is no sunrise When your lover has gone... What lonely, lonely hours The evening shadows bring. What lonely hours With memories lingering. Like fad...

Why was I born? Why am I livin'? What do I get? What am I givin'? Why do I want for things I dare not hope for? What can I hope for? I wish I knew Why do I try to keep you near me ? Why do I cry? You never hear me. I'm a poor fool but what can I do? Why w...

You are too beautiful, my dear, to be true And I am a fool for beauty Fooled by a feeling that because I have found you I could have bound you too You are too beautiful for one man alone For one lucky fool to be with When there are other men With eyes of thei...

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...

You stepped out of a dream You are too wonderful to be what you seem! Could there be eyes like yours, Could there be lips like yours Could there be smiles like yours, Honest and truly? You stepped out of a cloud I want to take you away, away from the crowd A...