Lena Horne

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'Deed I Do

Do I love you? Oh my! Do I! Honey, deed I do! Do I want you? Oh my! Do I! Honey, deed I do! I'm glad that I'm the one who found you, That's why I'm always hangin' around you Do I love you? Oh my! Do I! Honey, deed I do! Do I love you? Oh my! Do...

A Fine Romance

A fine romance, with no kisses A fine romance, my friend this is We should be like a couple of hot tomatoes But you're as cold as yesterday's mashed potatoes A fine romance, you won't nestle A fine romance, you won't wrestle I might as well play bridge With my...

A Foggy Day (In London Town)

I was a stranger in the city Out of town were the people I knew I had that feeling of self-pity What to do? What to do? What to do? The outlook was decidedly blue But as I walked through the foggy streets alone It turned out to be the luckiest day I've k...

A Wonderful Day Like Today

On a wonderful day like today, I defy any cloud to appear in the sky dare any raindrop to plop in my eye, on a wonderful day like today On a wonderful morning like this, when the sun is as big as a yellow balloon even the sparrows are singing in tune, on a wo...

After You

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,...

Ain't It the Truth

Life is short brother, Ain't it the truth? And there is no other, Ain't it the truth? If you don't love livin' you is slightly uncouth, Ain't it the dignified truth? Said that gal Du Barry, "Ain't it the truth? Life is cash and carry, Ain't it the truth? You...

All the Way

When somebody loves you It's no good unless he loves you, all the way Happy to be near you When you need someone to cheer you, all the way Taller than the tallest tree is That's how it's got to feel Deeper than the deep blue see is That's how deep it goes, i...

And I Love Him

And I Love Her I give her all my love That's all I do And if you saw my love You'd love her too And I love her She gives me everything And tenderly The kiss my lover brings She brings to me And I love her A love like ours Could never die As lon...

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, suits me fine Kansas City, Caroline That's my honeycomb Any place...

As Long as I Live

Maybe I can't live to love you as long as I want to. Life isn't long enough baby, but I can love you as long as I live. Maybe I can't give you diamonds and things like I want to, But I can promise you, baby, I'm gonna want to as long as I live. I never care...

As You Desire Me

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...

At Long Last Love

Is it an earthquake or is it a shock? Is it the good turtle soup or merely the mock? Is it a cocktail, this feeling of joy Or is what I feel the real McCoy? Is it for always or just for a lark? Is it Granada I see or only Asbury Park? Is it a fancy not worth...

Aunt Hagar's Blues

Old Deacon Splivin, his flock was givin' A way of livin' right, Said he, "No wingin', no ragtime singin' tonight." Up jumped Aunt Hagar, and shouted out with all her might: Oh, 'tain't no use to preachin', Oh, 'tain't no use to teachin'; Each modulation...

Beale Street Blues

I've seen the lights of gay Broadway, Old Market Street down by the Frisco Bay, I've strolled the Prado, I've gambled on the Bourse; The seven wonders of the world I've seen, And many are the places I have been, Take my advice, folks, and see Beale Street...

Bein' Green

It's not that easy bein' green Having to spend each day The color of the leaves When I think it could be nicer Bein' red or yellow or gold Or something much more colorful like that It's not easy bein' green It seems you blend in With so many other ordinary th...

Believe In Yourself

If you believe within your heart you'll know That no one can change The path that you must go Believe what you feel And know you're rights because The time will come around When you'll say it's yours Believe that you can go home Believe you can float on air Y...

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ He's a fool and don't I know it ? But a fool can have his charms, I'm in love and don't I show it, Like a babe in arms. Love's that same old sad sensation, Lately I've not slept a wink, Since this half pint imitation, Put me on the blink. I'm wi...

Bill Bailey

One one summer's day, Sun was shinin' fine, The lady love of old Bill Bailey Was hangin' clothes on the line In her back yard, And weepin' hard. She married a B&O brakeman That took and throwed her down, Bellerin' like a prune-fed calf With a big gang hang...

Black Is

Black Is Black is sky so stars can shine Tiger's stripes and butterflies Black is brushed on sparrow's wings Black is many things. Black is writing on a page Berries sweet and clouds that rain Black is crying when you sing Black is anything. We shouldn't fe...

Blowin' In The Wind

How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, T...

Blue Prelude

Let me sigh let me cry when I'm blue Let me go away from this lonely town Won't be long 'till my song here is through 'Cause I'm going on my last go round All the love I can steal beg or borrow Cannot heal all the pain in my soul What is love, but a prelude t...

But Beautiful

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...

By Myself

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 my own No one...

Cabin in the Sky

In this cloudy sky overhead now There's no guiding star I can see And I would be lost by each wild tempest tossed Oh, if I didn't know of a place we two can go There's a little cabin in the sky, Mister For me and for you I feel that it's true somehow Can't y...

Call Me Darling

Call me darlin', call me sweetheart, call me dear Thrill me, darlin', with the words I want to hear In your dark eyes so smilin' a promise I see But your two lips won't say you care for me Oh my darlin', if my daydreams would come true You would meet me at a...

Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

Oh listen, sister I love my mister man and I can't tell you why Dere ain't no reason why I should love dat man It must be sumpin' dat de angels done plan De chimbley's smokin' De roof is leakin' in But he don't seem to care He can be happy With jes' a sip of g...

Careless Love

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...

Close Enough For Love

You and I, an unmatched pair Took the time to touch, to share Worlds apart the night we met We braved the odds and won the bet Not perfect yet but close enough for love How old fashioned, pure romance Shared a kiss and shared the dance Shared the body and bou...

Come Rain or Come Shine

I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you, Come rain or come shine. High as a mountain and deep as a river, Come rain or come shine. I guess when you met me It was just one of those things, But don't ever bet me, "Cause I'm gonna be true if you let me...

Come to Baby, Do!

I took a choo-choo-choo-choo Fast as I could take a choo-choo I came a long, long, long, long way To take you in my arms And now it's your first move To prove that you've been true Come to baby, do. You've been a way, way, way, way Way beyond the blue horizon...

Cuckoo in the Clock

There they were, there they were, He was baby-talkin' her, And the cuckoo in the clock went "Cuckoo!" Every fifteen minutes he crew, "Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo!" "Be a pal, be a pal", Said the fella to his gal, And the cuckoo in the clock went "Cuckoo! I believe...

Darn That Dream

Darn that dream I dream each night You say you love me and you hold me tight But when I awake and you're out of sight Oh, darn that dream Darn your lips and darn your eyes They lift me high above the moonlit skies Then I tumble out of paradise Oh, darn that d...

Diga Diga Doo

Zulu man is feelin' blue Gear his heart beat a little tattoo Diga diga doo diga doo doo Diga diga doo diga doo You love me and I love you And when you love it is natural to Diga diga doo diga doo doo Diga diga doo diga doo I'm so very diga diga doo by natur...

Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me

Someone told someone and someone told you But they wouldn't hurt you, not much Since everyone spread the story With his own little personal touch Do nothin' till you hear from me Pay no attention to what's said Why people tear the seam of anyone's dream Is o...

Don't Take Your Love from Me

Tear a star from out the sky and the sky feels blue Tear a petal from the rose and the rose weeps too Take your heart away from mine and mine will surely break My life is yours to take, so please keep the spark awake Would you take the wings from birds so tha...

Embraceable You

Just one look at you My heart grew tipsy in me You and you alone Bring out the gypsy in me I love all the many charms about you Above all, I want these arms about you Don't be a naughty baby Come to papa, come to papa do My sweet embraceable you I love all...

Everybody's Talkin'

Everybody's talking at me I don't hear a word they're saying Only the echoes of my mind People stopping, staring I can't see their faces Only the shadows of their eyes I'm going where the sun keeps shining Through the pouring rain Going where the weather sui...

Falling in Love With Love

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...

Fool On The Hill

Day after day, alone on the hill, The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still. But nobody wants to know him, They can see that he's just a fool. And he never gives an answer ... But the fool on the hill Sees the sun going down. And the eyes in hi...

Frankie and Johnny

Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts, Boy, how they could love! Swore to be true to each other, True as the stars above! 'Cause he was her man, But he done her wrong! One night Frankie happened to pass by the hotel; Just casually glanced into a window so high,...

From This Moment On

From this moment on You for me, dear Only two for tea, dear From this moment on From this lucky day No more blue songs Only hoop-dee-doo songs From this moment on For you've got the love I need so much Got the skin I love to touch Got the arms to hold me tig...

Fun To Be Fooled

Spring is here! I'm a fool if I fall again; And yet, I'm enthralled by its call again. You say you love me; I know from the past; You mean to love me; But these things don't last. Fools rush in to begin new love affairs, But tonight, tonight, my dear, who care...

Get Out of Town

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ Get out of town Before it's too late, my love Get out of town Be good to me, please Why wish me harm Why not retire to a farm And be contented to charm The birds off the trees Just disappear I care for you much too much And when you are near So...

Girl from Ipanema

Tall and tan and young and lovely The girl from Ipanema goes walking And when she passes, each one she passes goes - ah When she walks, she's like a samba That swings so cool and sways so gentle That when she passes, each one she passes goes - ah (Ooh) But h...

Glad to Be Unhappy

Fools rush in, and here I am Very glad to be unhappy I can't win but here I am More than glad to be unhappy Unrequited love's a bore, And I've got it pretty bad But for someone you adore It's a pleasure to be sad Like a straying baby lamb With no mama and n...

Good for nothing Joe

It's gonna rain any minute There's not a star in sight Things are mighty slow I guess, I'll close up shop And go home to Joe I know he won't be glad to see me Without a penny to the good But I'm not carin' much what happens I did the best I could He'...

Great Day

When skies were dark Came Noah's ark Amen When lions roared Came Daniel's lord Amen The Lord helps those who pray And on judgement day If you believe, he shall receive you Amen. When you're down and out Lift up your head and shout There's gonna be a great...

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

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 Yule-tide gay From now on, our troubles will be miles away Here we are as in olden days Happy golden...

Hello, Young Lovers

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...

Hey, Old Friend

Hey old friend Are you ok old friend What'll you say old friend Are we or are we unique Time goes by Everything else keeps changing You and I we get continued next week Most friends fade Or they don't make the grade New ones are quickly made And in...

Honey in the Honeycomb

What have I got that the others ain't That always seems to please T'ain't my perfume, nor my fancy paint But when I charm the men all swarm Just like they was bees There's honey in the honeycomb There's sugar in the cane There's oysters in a real oyster stew...

Honeysuckle Rose

Every honey bee sighs with jealousy When they see you out with me I don't blame them, goodness knows Honeysuckle rose When we're passin' by, Flowers droop and sigh And I know the reason why You're much sweeter, goodness knows Honeysuckle rose I don't buy sug...

How Long Has This Been Going On

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 fe...

I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues

Ain't got the change of a nickel Ain't got no bounce in my shoes Ain't got no fancy to tickle I ain't got nothin' but the blues Ain't got no coffee that's perkin' Ain't got no winnings to lose Ain't got a dream that is workin' I ain't got nothin' but the blue...

I Can't Give You Anything But Love

Gee, but it's tough to be broke, kid. It's not a joke, kid, it's a curse. My luck is changing, it's gotten from simply rotten to something worse Who knows, some day I will win too. I'll begin to reach my prime. Now though I see what our end is, All I can sp...

I Concentrate on You

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...

I Didn't Know About You

I ran around, with my own little crowd The usual laughs, not often, but loud And in the world that I knew I didn't know about you Chasing after the ring, on the merry-go-round Just taking my fun, where it could be found And yet what else could I do I didn't k...

I Feel So Smoochie

I feel so smoochie When I hold your hand and look in your eye. I feel so smoochie When I touch your lips, then I realise That to hold you near Make rainbows appear, And life is just one long kiss; While the moon look down And the stars kind of frown, And say,...

I Get Along Without You Very Well

I get along without you very well, of course, I do. Except when soft rains fall and drips from leaves, then I recall the thrill of being sheltered in your arms, of course, I do. But I get along without you very well. I've forgotten you just like I should, of...

I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

Never treats me sweet and gentle The way he should I've got it bad And that ain't good My poor heart is so sentimental Not made of wood I've got it bad And that ain't good But when the week is over And Friday rolls around My man and me, We pray some, then g...

I Got Rhythm

I got rhythm I got music I got my man Who can ask for anything more? I got daisies In green pastures I got my man Who can ask for anything more? Old man trouble I don't mind him You won't find him 'round my door I got starlight I got sweet dreams I got my ma...

I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues

I got a right to sing the blues I got a right to feel low down I got a right to hang around Down around the river A certain man in this old town Keeps draggin' my poor heart around All I see for me Is misery I got a right to sing the blues I got a right to m...

I Hadn't Anyone Till You

I hadn't anyone till you, I was a lonely one 'til you, I used to lie awake and wonder if there could be A someone in the wide world just made for me, Now I see I had to save my love for you, (I saved my love for you) I never gave my love 'til you, (I saved it...

I Have Dreamed

I have dreamed that your arms are lovely And 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...

I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart

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...

I Love to Love

Oh I love to love But my baby just loves to dance He wants to dance, He loves to dance, He's got to dance Oh I love to love But my baby just loves to dance Oh I love to love But there's no time for our romance No no no oh Oh I love to love But my bab...

I Only Have Eyes for You

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 Surrender, Dear

Pride, sad, splendid liar, Sworn enemy of love Kept my lips from saying Things I was thinking of. But now my pride you've humbled, I've cast it to the winds, Broken, beaten, sick at heart My confession begins. We've played the game of stay away But it cost m...

I Understand

Why do you go on pretending You know you want to be free Darling, you know I'll let you go You'd do the same for me I understand And darling, you are not to blame If when we kiss it's not the same I understand It's not your fault because your heart has change...

I Wanna Be Around

I wanna be around to pick up the pieces When somebody breaks your heart Some somebody twice as smart as I A somebody who will swear to be true Like you used to do with me Who'll leave you to learn That misery loves company, wait and see I wanna be around to...

I Wanna Be Loved

I wanna be loved with inspiration I wanna be loved starting tonight Instead of merely holding conversation Hold me tight I wanna be kissed until I tingle I wanna be kissed starting tonight Embrace me till our heartbeats intermingle Wrong or right I feel like...

I Want a Little Doggie

I'm a very ordinary man Trying to work out life's happy plan Doing unto others as I'd like to have them doing unto me When I find a very lonely soul Soon be-kinda-comes my only goal I feel so much better when I tell them my philosophy I want to be happy But...

I Want to Be Happy

I want to be happy But I won't be happy Till I make you happytoo 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't...

I Will Wait for You (Je Ne Pourrai Jamais Vivre Sans Toi)

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

I’ll be around No matter how you treat me now I’ll be around from now on Your latest love May 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, dear Drop a line to say you’re feelin...

I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)

I'll get by As long as I have you Though there be rain And darkness too I'll not complain I'll see it through Poverty May come to me, it's true But what care I Say, I'll get by As long as I have you. But what care I Say, I'll get by As long as I have you. 

I'm Glad There Is You

Said I many times, love is illusion, A feeling result of confusion With knowing smile, and blasé sigh A cynical so and so, was I. I felt so sure, so positive, So utterly unchangeably certain That I never was aware of love and you 'til suddenly I realised ther...

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter)

I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter And make believe it came from you I'm gonna write words, oh, so sweet They're gonna knock me off my feet. A lotta kisses on the bottom, I'll be glad I've got 'em I'm gonna smile and say "I hope you're feelin'...

I'm Through With Love

I'm thru with love, I'll never fall again. Said I do to love, Don't ever call again. For I must have you Or no one. That's why I'm thru with love. I've locked my heart. I keep my feelings there. I have stopped my heart Like an icy frigidaire. For I need to ca...

I've Got the World on a String

Merry month of may, sunny skies of blue, clouds have rolled away and the sun peeps thru, May express happiness, joy you may define in a thousand ways, but a case like mine needs a "special phrase" to reveal how I feel. I've got the world on a string, sittin'...

I've Grown Accustomed to His Face

Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! I've grown accustomed to her face. She almost makes the day begin. I've grown accustomed to the tune That she whistles night and noon. Her smiles, her frowns, Her ups, her downs Are second nature to me now, Like breathing out and breath...

If You Believe

Brothers And sisters Listen You non-believers, listen You better start to believe All you doubters Be "hallelujah shouters" Or else you're going to grieve There's no time to wait You may be too late So, listen You don't know what you're missin' Until you star...

If You Can Dream

If you can dream The world's a better place by far If you can dream You're anyone you dream you are Day or night You've the right to pretend Close your eyes Each surprise is yours, my friend If you can dream The love you seek is by your side If you can dream...

Ill Wind

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 grey Around my neighborhood, And that's no good You're only misleadin' The sunshine I'm needin' Ain't that a shame It's so hard to keep up...

In Love in Vain

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 hall And eat your heart out And cry your eyes out And rack your brains You sit and wonder Why anyone as wonderful as he Should cause you such mi...

It Ain't Necessarily So

It ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so De things dat yo' liable 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 and dieth Li'l David was small but oh my Oh...

It Could Happen to You

Hide your heart from sight, Lock your dreams at night, It could happen to you. Don't count stars, Or you might stumble. Someone drops a sigh, And down you'll tumble. Keep an eye on spring, Run when church bells ring. It could happen to you. All I did was wo...

It Had Better Be Tonight

Meglio stasera, baby, go, go, go Or as we natives say 'Fa subito' If you're ever gonna kiss me It had better be tonight While the mandolins are playing And stars are bright If you've anything to tell me It had better be tonight Or somebody else may tell me A...

It Might as Well Be Spring

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...

It's Anybody's Spring

You think that money is everything And yet it's anybody's Spring Go make a fortune, become a king And still it's anybody's Spring And if you flash a bank roll Do you suppose the brook would care? Or that a rose would say 'There goes a millionaire!' It's more...

It's Love

It's love, it's love Well, who would have thought it? If this is love then why have I fought it? What a way to feel I could touch the sky What a way to feel I have found my guy It's love at last I've someone to cheer for It's love at last I've learned what w...

Joy

The other day, I met a girl named Joy She said, "Come here, I'm going to make you my Joy Boy" Well, things went good, things went bad Now every time I think of Joy it makes me sad It makes me sad The other day, I met a girl named Joy She said, "Roy, I'm goin...

Just in Time

I was resting comfortably, face down in the gutter Life was serene, I knew where I was at "There's no hope for her," my dearest friends would mutter I was something dragged in by the cat. Then... Just in time, I found you just in time Before you came my...

Just One Of Those Things

It was just one of those things Just one of those crazy flings One of those bells that now and then rings Just one of those things It was just one of those nights Just one of those fabulous flights A trip to the moon on gossamer wings Just one of those...

Just Squeeze Me

Want you to know I go for your squeezin' Want you to know it really is pleasin' Want you to know I ain't for no teasin' Treat me sweet and gentle when you say goodnight Just squeeze me but please don't tease me I get sentimental when you hold me tight Just...

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

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 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...

Life's Full O' Consequence / Adden

In this cloudy sky overhead now There's no guiding star I can see And I would be lost by each wild tempest tossed Oh, if I didn't know of a place we two can go There's a little cabin in the sky, Mister For me and for you I feel that it's true somehow Can't y...

Like Someone in Love

This change I feel puzzles me. It's strange, a real mystery. Maybe you see it. If you do see it What on earth can it be? Lately I find myself out gazing at stars, Hearing guitars like someone in love. Sometimes the things I do astound me, Mostly whenever you'...

Look to the Rainbow

On the day I was born, said my father, said he, I've an elegant legacy waiting for ye. Tis a rhyme for your lips and a song for your heart, To sing whenever the world falls apart. Look, look, look to the rainbow. Follow it over the hill and stream. Look, l...

Love

Love is real, real is love Love is feeling, feeling love Love is wanting to be loved Love is touch, touch is love Love is reaching, reaching love Love is asking to be loved Love is you You and me Love is knowing We can be Love is free, free is love Love...

Love Is the Thing

My darling all around us people clamour They're striving for the thing they'll never own The only thing that hasn't lost its glamour Is love, and love alone What does it matter if we're rich or we're poor Fortune and fame they never endure For love is the thi...

Love Me A Little Little

Love me a little And I won't mind I said a go now Shoot me a lippy And I won't mind I said a go now Nice little beaver And I won't mind I said go a now Love me a little And I won't mind I said go a now Love me a little And I won't mind I said go a now Be-bop-...

Love Me or Leave Me

Love me or leave me and let me be lonely You won't believe me that I love you only I'd rather be lonely than happy with somebody else You might find the night time the right time for kissing But night time is my time for just reminiscing Regretting instead of...

Lover Man

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

Mad About the Boy

Mad about the boy It's pretty funny but I'm mad about the boy He has a gay appeal that makes me feel There's maybe something sad about the boy Walking down the street His eyes look out at me from people that I meet I can't believe it's true But when I'm blue...

Man I Love

When the mellow moon begins to beam Every night I dream a little dream And of course Prince Charming is the theme The he, for me. Although I realize as well as you It is seldom that a dream comes true, To me it's clear That he'll appear. Some day he'll come a...

Maybe I'm Amazed

Baby, I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time Maybe I'm afraid of the way I love you Maybe I'm amazed at the way you pulled me out of time You hung me on a line Maybe I'm amazed at the way I really need you Baby, I'm a woman, maybe I'm a lonely woman I...

Meditation

In my loneliness When you’re gone and I’m all by myself And I need your caress I just think of you And the thought of you holding me near Makes my loneliness soon disappear Though you’re far away I have only to close my eyes And you are back to stay I just cl...

Moanin' Low

I feel too bad I'm feeling mighty sick and sore So bad I feel I said I'm feeling sick and sore And so afraid My man don't love me no more Moanin' low My sweet man I love him so Though he's mean as can be He's the kind of man Who needs the kind of woman like...

Mood Indigo

You ain't never been blue; no, no, no, You ain't never been blue, Till you've had that mood indigo. That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues". I always get that mood indigo, Since my baby said goodbye. A...

Moon River

Moon River wider than a mile, I 'm crossing you in style someday. Old dream maker, you heartbreaker, wherever you're going I' m going your way. Two drifters off to see the world, there' s such a lot of world to see. We' re after the same rainbow' s end,...

More Than You Know

More than you know, more than you know Man of my heart, I love you so Lately I find, you're on my mind More than you know Whether you're right, whether you're wrong Man of my heart, I'll string along You need me so, so More than you'll ever know Loving you t...

My Blue Heaven

Day is ending, birds are wending Back to the shelter of Each little nest they love Nightshades falling, lovers calling What makes the World go round Nothing but love When whippoorwills call And evening is nigh I hurry to my Blue Heaven I turn to the right A...

My Buddy

Life is a book that we study Some of its leaves bring a sigh There it was written by a buddy That we must part, you and I Nights are long since you went away I think about you all through the day My buddy, my buddy Nobody quite so true Miss your voice, the t...

My Funny Valentine

My funny Valentine Sweet comic Valentine You make me smile with my heart Your looks are laughable, Unphotographable Still 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...

My Ship

My ship has sails that are made of silk, The decks are trimmed with gold, And of jam and spice there's a paradise in the hold. My ship's aglow with a million pearls And rubies fill each bin, The sun sits high in a sapphire sky when my ship comes in. I can wa...

My Silent Love

I reach for you like I'd reach for a star Worshipping you from afar Living with my silent love I'm like a flame dying out in the rain Only the ashes remain Smoldering like my silent love How I long to tell All the things I have planned Still, it's wrong to t...

Napoleon

Napoleon's a pastry Bismarck is a herring Alexander's a crème de cacao mixed with rum And Herbie Hoover is a vacuum Columbus is a circle and a day off Pershing is a square, what a pay-off Julius Caesar is just a salad on a shelf So, little brother, get wise t...

Never on Sunday

Oh, you can kiss me on a Monday A Monday, a Monday is very, very good Or you can kiss me on a Tuesday A Tuesday, a Tuesday, in fact I wish you would Or you can kiss me on a Wednesday A Thursday, a Friday and Saturday is best But never, never on a Sunday A Sund...

New-Fangled Tango

Everybody's mambo crazy Cha-cha happy, but I'm lazy I don't dig that frantic turpsichord When I trip the light fantastic I don't wanna be gymnastic That's not what a dancing floor is for What I got in mind is a big improvement With a very minimum amount of m...

Night and Day

Like the beat, beat, beat, Of the tom-tom; When the jungle shadows fall, Like the tick, tick, tock Of the stately clock, As it stands against the wall, Like the drip, drip, drip, Of the raindrops, When the summer show'r is through; So a voice within me Keeps r...

Nobody Knows

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 of me I may seem secure I could have it made You might think you see a lucky man who made the grade Nobo...

Old Devil Moon

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 your glance Make this romance Too hot to handle Stars in the night Blazing...

Old Fashioned Love

I've got that old-fashioned love in my heart And there, it shall always remain You're like that old ivy vine Cling a little closer all the time Through the years, joy and tears, just the same I've got that old-fashioned dream in my heart And there it shall al...

Old Friend

Hey old friend Are you ok old friend What'll you say old friend Are we or are we unique Time goes by Everything else keeps changing You and I we get continued next week Most friends fade Or they don't make the grade New ones are quickly made And in a pinch,...

On Green Dolphin Street

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 Love games here in my heart When I recall the love I found on I could kiss the ground on Green...

One For My Baby And One More For The Road

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ It's a quarter to three, There's no one in the place except you and me So set 'em up Joe, I’ve got a little story you oughta know We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode Make it one for my baby And one more for the road I’ve go...

Ours

The high gods above look down and laugh at our love And say to themselves, "How tawdry it's grown" They've seen our cars in front of so many bars When we should have been under the stars Together but alone, ours is the chance To make romance our own Ours, th...

Out of Nowhere

You came to me from out of nowhere You took my heart and found it free Wonderful dreams, wonderful schemes from nowhere Made every hour sweet as a flower to me And if you should go back to your nowhere Leaving me with the memory I'll always wait for your retur...

Out of This World

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, You're The fairy tale I read when I was so high; No armoured knight out of a book Could have a more enchanted Lore...

Paradise

I'm just a woman that loved a man But our house of love Was built on sand While it lasted, ah, it was grand My love We lived in love ... our day's through But each night And dreams have started anew He comes to as he used to do My love And then he holds my h...

People Will Say We're in Love

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...

Polka Dots and Moonbeams

Would you care to hear the strangest story? At least it may be strange to you If you saw it in a moving picture You would say it couldn’t be true A country dance was being held in a garden He felt a bump and heard an "Oh My, beg your pardon" Suddenly he saw p...

Prelude to a Kiss

If you hear a song in blue Like a flower calling for the dew That was my heart serenading you My prelude to a kiss If you hear a song that grows From my tender sentimental woes That was my heart trying to compose A prelude to a kiss Though it's just a simp...

Prisoner of Love

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ Alone from night to night you'll find me Too weak to break the chains that bind me I need no shackles to remind me I'm just a prisoner of love For one command I stand and wait now From one who's master of my fate now I can't escape for it's much t...

Rocky Raccoon

Now somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon And one day his woman ran off with another guy Hit young Rocky in the eye Rocky didn't like that He said I'm gonna get that boy So one day he walked into town Booke...

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

You know Dasher and Dancer And Prancer and Vixen Comet and Cupid And Donner and Blitzen But do you recall The most famous reindeer of all Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer Had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw him You would even say it glows All of the ot...

Santa Clause Is Coming to Town

I just came back from a lovely trip along the Milky Way Stopped off at the North Pole to spend a holiday I called on dear old Santa Claus To see what I could see He took me to his workshop And told his plans to me, so [Chorus] You better watch out, you bette...

September Song

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 waiting game Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few September, November, And these...

Silent Night

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 [ music - interlude ] Silent night, holy night, Shepherds quake at the sight. Glories...

Singin' in the Rain

I'm singin' in the rain Just singin' in the rain What a glorious feelin' I'm happy again. I'm laughing at clouds. So high up above The sun's in my heart And I'm ready for love. The stormy clouds chase Everyone from the place Come on with the rain I've a smile...

Sleigh Ride in July

If I were the type to play around It wouldn't be so bad, But I didn't know my way around And what a time I had! I was taken for a sleigh ride in July. Oh, I must have been a set up for a sigh. A mocking bird was whistling a sentimental tune And I didn't know...

Softly as I Leave You

Softly I will leave you softly For my heart would break if you should wake and see me go So I leave you softly long before you miss me Long before your arms can beg me to stay For one more hour or one more day After all the years I can't bear the tears to fa...

Somebody Loves Me

Somebody loves me, I wonder who I wonder who he can be Somebody loves me, I wish I knew Who can he be worries me For every boy who passes me, I shout 'Hey, maybe' You were meant to be my loving baby, baby, oh Somebody loves me, I wonder who Maybe it's you Fo...

Someday My Prince Will Come

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...

Someone to Watch over Me

There's a saying old says that love is blind Still were 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 Hes the big affair I cannot forget Only man I ever think of with regret I'...

Something to Live For

I have almost ev'ry thing a human could desire, Cars and houses, bear-skin rugs to lie before my fire But there's something missing, Something isn't there, It seems I'm never kissing the one whom I care for. I want Something To Live For Someone to make my life...

Sometimes I'm Happy

Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm blue, My disposition depends on you. I never mind the rain from the skies, As long as there is sun in your eyes. Sometimes I hate you, sometimes I love you, But when I hate you, it's 'cause I love you. That's how I am so wha...

Speak Low

Speak low, when you speak love Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon Speak low, when you speak love Our moment is swift, Like ships adrift we're swept apart, too soon Speak low, darling, speak low Love is a spark lost in the dark too soon, too soon....

Squeeze Me

Want you to know I go for your squeezin' Want you to know it really is pleasin' Want you to know I ain't for no teasin' Treat me sweet and gentle when you say goodnight Just squeeze me but please don't tease me I get sentimental when you hold me tight Just...

St. Louis Blues

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ I hate to see that evening sun go down, I hate to see that evening sun go down, 'Cause mybaby has left this town. If I’m fellin' tomorrow just like I feel today, If I’m fellin' tomorrow like I feel today, I'll pack my trunk and make my geta...

Stormy Weather

Don't know why There's no sun up in the sky Stormy weather Since my man and I ain't together Keeps raining all the time Life is bare Gloom and misery everywhere Stormy weather Just can't get my poor self together I'm weary all the time... the time......

Summertime

Summertime And the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high 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 going to rise up singing And you'll spread your wings And you'll take to...

Take It Slow, Joe

Take it slow, oh, Joe Take it slow Don't brush it in high Let's start it in low This whimsical game Thrives on an easy flame, easy flame Go smart, go slow Don't burn it up, Joe Make it last, play it cool Make it last If it's only a dream Don't dream it up to...

Take Me

Take me I want you to take me I want you to make me A part of your heart Hold me I dreamed you would hold me Now really enfold me Say, we'll never part All the love I have to give I wanna give to you And as long as I shall live I'll only live for you Take m...

That's What Love Did To Me

Love put the clouds in the sky above, Love made me hate things I used to love, My heart aches with misery, That's what love did to me. And now that you found somebody new, I can't help feelin' the way I do; I'm as sad as I can be, That's what love did...

The Best Things in Life Are Free

The moon belongs to everyone The best things in life are free The stars belong to everyone They gleam there for you and me The flowers in spring The robins that sing The sunbeams that shine They're yours, they're mine And love can come to ev'ryone The best t...

The Boy From Ipanema

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 w...

The Captain and His Men

Here comes the Captain and his men, Brave little soldiers under ten, Dishpans, broomsticks all in view, Here comes the Captain and his crew! See that commander, how he struts, Followed by the neighbors' barking mutts, What a commotion, biff, boom, bang!...

The Christmas Song

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your nose Yule-tide 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 with their eyes all aglow Will fi...

The Eagle and Me

River it like to flow Eagle it like to fly Eagle it like to feel Its wings against the sky Possum it like to run Ivy it like to climb Bird in the tree and bumble bee Want freedom in autumn or summertime Ever since that day When the world was an onion "Twas n...

The Lady Is a Tramp

She gets too hungry for dinner at eight She likes the theatre and never comes late She never bothers with people she'd hate That's why the lady is a tramp Doesn't like crap games with barons or earls Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls Won't dish th...

The Little Drummer Boy

Come, they told me pa-rum pum pum pum Our newborn King to see, pa-rum pum pum pum Our finest gifts we bring pa-rum pum pum pum To lay before the King pa-rum pum pum pum Rum pum pum pum. rum pum pum pum So to honor Him pa-rum pum pum pum When we come Little Ba...

The One I Love

When days are long and nights are lonely And all my daydreams have gone astray I think about the one and only Who's bound to find me some golden day The one I love is coming along some day And I'll have none except the one I love He/She may be near or ever so...

The Rules of the Road

So these are the ropes The tricks of the trade The rules of the road You're one of the dopes For whom they were made The rules of the road You follow that kiss And recklessly miss A bend of the road Then suddenly this The end of the road So love is a hoax A...

The Sand And The Sea

(Der der der, der der der, der der der) (Der der der, der der der, der der der) Every day the sea Takes a little sand away (Sand and the sea, sand and the sea) Then the sea makes stones And puts them on the shore to dry (Sand and the sea, sand and the sea) A...

The Surrey with the Fringe on Top

When I take you out, tonight, with me, Honey, here's the way it's goin' to be: You will set behind a team of snow white horses, In the slickest gig you ever see! Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry When I take you out in the surrey, When I take you out i...

Then I'll Be Tired of You

You look at me and wonder You look at me and doubt Darling, your eyes are asking 'Will the flame burn out?' No one is sure of sunshine 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 gleaming Whe...

They Didn't Believe Me

And when I told them how wonderful you are, They didn't believe me.They didn't believe me! Your lips, your eyes, your curly hair, They're in a class beyond compare, You're the handsomest thing that one could see! And when I tell them, And I cert'nly am goin'...

Time in a Bottle

If I could save time in a bottle The first thing that I'd like to do Is to save every day 'Til eternity passes away Just to spend them with you. If I could make days last forever If words could make wishes come true I'd save every day like a treasure a...

Tomorrow Mountain

Just across Tomorrow Mountain There's a happy city, they say Where the people are grand and time is planned So it's Christmas everyday 'Neath the scotch and soda fountain There's a treat in store for us guys Under cigarette trees, we'll take our ease While th...

Watch What Happens

Cold, no I can't believe your heart is cold Maybe slow to warm from a long, lonely night Let someone start believing in you Let him hold out his hand Let him touch you and watch what happens One someone who can look in your eyes And see into your heart Let h...

We'll Be Together Again

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 memories I'll treasure forever So try thinking with your heart We'll be together again Times when, I know, you'll be lonesome Times...

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

Maybe it’s much too early in the game Ah, but I thought I’d ask you just the same What are you doing New Year’s New Year’s Eve? Wonder whose arms will hold you good and tight When it’s exactly twelve o’clock that night Welcoming in the New Year New Yea...

What Is This Thing Called Love?

What is this thing called love? This funny thing called love? Just 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 threw it away; That's why I ask the Lord, in heaven above, What is...

What the World Needs Now Is Love

What the world needs now What the world needs now Is love, sweet love It's the only thing That there's just too little of What the world needs now Is love, sweet love, No not just for some But for everyone. Lord, we don't need Another mountain, There are moun...

What'll I Do?

What'll I do When you are far away And I am blue? What'll I do? What'll I do When I am wondering who Is kissing you? What'll I do? What'll I do with just a photograph To tell my troubles to? When I'm alone with only dreams of you That won't come true What'l...

When I Fall in Love

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...

When the Saints Go Marching In

Oh, when the saints go marching in I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in Oh, when the sun, refuses to shine I still, want to be in that number When the sun refuses to shine Oh, when the saints go marching in I'm going to sing alou...

Where or When

It seems we stood and talked like this before We looked at each other in the same way then But I can't remember where or when The clothes you're wearing are the clothes you wore The smile you are smiling you were smiling then But I can't remember where or whe...

Whispering

Whispering while you cuddle near me Whispering so no one can hear me Each little whisper seems to cheer me You know it's true. There's no one, dear, but you You're whispering why you'll never leave me Whispering why you'll never grieve me Whisper and say that...

White Christmas

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten And children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may a...

Who Can I Turn To

Who can I turn to When nobody needs me? My heart wants to know So I must go Where destiny leads me With no star to guide me And no one beside me I'll go on my way And after the day The darkness will hide me But maybe tomorrow I'll find what I'm after I'll th...

Why Was I Born

Why was I born? Why am I livin'? What do I get? What am I givin'? Why do I want the things I daren't hope for? What can I hope for? I wish I knew Why do I try to draw you near me? Why do I cry? You never hear me I'm a poor fool, but what can I do? Why...

Willow Weep for Me

Willow weep for me Willow weep for me Bend your branches green Along the stream that runs to the 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...

Winter Wonderland

Sleigh bells ring, are you listenin'? In the lane snow is glistenin' A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight Walking in a winter wonderland Gone away is the blue bird Here to stay is the new bird He sings a love song as we go along Walking in a winter wonderla...

Wives And Lovers

Hey, little girl, comb your hair, fix your makeup - Soon he will open the door. Don't think because you've a ring on your finger You needn't try anymore, For wives should always be lovers, too; Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you, I'm warning you.....

Wouldn't It Be Loverly?

All I want is a room somewhere, Far away from the cold night air. With one enormous chair, Oh, wouldn't it be loverly? Lots of choc'lates for me to eat, Lots of coal makin' lots of 'eat. Warm face, warm 'ands, warm feet, Oh, wouldn't it be loverly? Oh, so lo...

Yesterday

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though they're here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday. Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be, There's a shadow hanging over me. Oh, yesterday came suddenly. Why she had to go I don't k...

Yesterday When I Was Young

Yesterday, when I was young, The taste of life was sweet, as rain upon my tongue, I teased with life, as if it were a silly game, The way the evening breeze can tease a candle flame The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned, I always b...

You Better Know It

Well I want you to run to me baby Run with all your might I wanna love you pretty baby Till the broad day light Wanna thrill you pretty mama Till the sun don't shine Satisfy your soul before I loose my mind You better know it cause its me and you You better k...

You Do Something to Me

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

You Go to My Head

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...

You're My Thrill

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 How my pulse increases Why I just go to pieces When I look at you 'Cause you're my thrill Mmmm Nothing seems to matter Mmm...