Best Of Columbia

Frank Sinatra Best Of Columbia Lyrics
1.Close To You

Written:Jerry Livingston/Carl Lampl/Al Hoffman
Arranger:Don Costa

Close to you, I will always stay.
Close to you, though you're far away.

You'll always be near as though you were here by my side.
No matter where - in my dreams I'll find you there
Close to me, sharing you're caress.
Can't you see you're my happiness?

Wherever you go, my heart will go, too.
What can I do?
It only wants to be close to you.

(Musical interlude)

Wherever you go, my heart will go, too.
What can I do?
It only wants to be close to you.


2.People Will Say We're In Love

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Alec Wilder
Artist:Frank Sinatra/The Bobby Tucker Singers

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 collecting things
Give me my rose and my glove

Well, sweetheart, they're suspecting things
People will say we're in love


3.If You Are But A Dream

Written:Moe Jaffe/Jack Fulton/Nat Bonx

If you are but a dream
I hope I never waken,
It's more than I could bear
To find that I'm forsaken.

If you're a fantasy
Then I'm content to be
In love with lovely you,
And pray my dream comes true.

I long to kiss you
But I do not dare,
I'm so a-fraid that
You may vanish in the air,

So darling,
If our romance would break up,
I hope I never wake up,
If you are but a dream.


4.Saturday Night(Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week)

Written:Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne
Arranger:Heine Beau

Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
'Cause that's the night that my sweetie and I
Used to dance cheek to cheek
I don't mind Sunday night at all
'Cause that's the night friends come to call
And Monday to Friday go fast
And another week is past

But Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
I sing the song that I sang for the memories I usually seek
Until I hear you at the door
Until you're in my arms once more
Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week

mmmm... Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
I sing the song that I sang for the memories I usually seek
Until I hear you at the door
Until you're in my arms once more
Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week

Until I hear you at the door
Until you're in my arms once more
Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week


5.White Christmas

Lyrics:Irving Berlin
Music:Irving Berlin
Arranger:Nelson Riddle

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones we used to know
Where the treetops glisten and kiddies 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 all your Christmases be white


Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear those sleigh bells in the snow

I'm dreamin' of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white


6.I Fall In Love Too Easily

Written:Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

There are those who can leave love or take it
Love to them is just what they make it
I wish that I were the same
But love is my fav'rite game

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 burned in the past
And still I fall in love too easily
I fall in love too fast


7.Ol' Man River

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Jerome Kern
Arranger:Axel Stordahl


Here we all work 'long the Mississippi
Here we all work while the white folk play
Pullin' them boats from the dawn till sunset
Gettin' no rest till the judgment day

Don't look up and don't look down
Ya don't dast make the white boss frown
Bend your knees and bow your head
And pull that rope until you're dead

Let me go 'way from the Mississippi
Let me go 'way from the white man boss
Show me that stream called the River Jordan
That's the old stream that I long to cross


Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River
He must know somepin', but he don't say nothin'
He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along

He don't plant taters, and he don't plant cotton
And them what plants 'em is soon forgotten
But Ol' Man River, jest keeps rollin' along

You and me, we sweat and strain
Bodies all achin' and wracked with pain
Tote that barge and lift that bale
Ya get a little drunk and ya lands in ja-ail

I gets weary and so sick of tryin'
I'm tired of livin', but I'm feared of dyin'
And Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along


8.Stormy Weather

Lyrics:Ted Koehler
Music:Harold Arlen
Arranger:Sam Nestico

Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together
Keeps rainin' all the time

Life is bare, gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather
Just can't get my poor old self together
I'm weary all the time, the time
So weary all the time

When she went away, the blues walked in and they met me
If she stays away, that old rockin' chair's gonna get me
All I do is pray the Lord above will let me
Walk in the sun once more

Can't go on, everything I had is gone
Stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together
Keeps rainin' all the time
Keeps rainin' all the time


(When she went away, the blues walked in and met me)
(If he stays away, old rockin' chair will get me)
(All I do is pray the Lord above will let me)
(Walk in the sun once more)

Can't go on, everything I had is gone
Stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together
Keeps rainin' all the time, the time
Keeps rainin' all the time


9.Embraceable You

Lyrics:Ira Gershwin
Music:George Gershwin
Arranger:Nelson Riddle

Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you
Embrace me, you irreplaceable you

Just one look at you
My heart grew tipsy in you
You and you alone
Bring out the Gypsy in me

I love all, the many charms about you
Above all, I want my arms about you

Don't you be a naughty baby
Come to papa, come to papa do
My sweet embraceable you


10.She's Funny That Way(I Got A Woman Crazy For Me)

Written:Neil Moret/Richard Whiting
Arranger:Nelson Riddle

I'm not much to look at, nothin' to see
Just glad I'm livin' and happy to be
I got a woman, crazy for me
She's funny that way

I can't save a dollar, ain't worth a cent
She'd never holler, she'd live in a tent
I got a woman, crazy for me
She's funny that way

Though she'd love to work and slave for me every day
She'd be so much better off if I went away

But why should I leave her, why should I go?
She'd be unhappy without me, I know
I got a woman, crazy for me
She's funny that way


When I hurt her feelin's once in a while
Her only answer is one little smile
I got a woman, crazy for me
She's funny that way


11.My Melancholy Baby

Lyrics:George A.Norton
Music:Ernie Burnett
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

Come to me, my melancholy baby
Cuddle up and don't be blue
All your fears are foolish fancies, maybe
You know, honey, I'm in love with you

Every cloud must have a silver lining
Just wait until the sun shines through
Smile, my honey dear, while I kiss away each tear
Or else I shall be melancholy too


Smile, my honey dear, while I kiss away each tear
Or else I shall be melancholy too


12.Where Or When

Lyrics:Lorenz Hart
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Billy Byers

When you're awake, the things you think
Come from the dream you dream
Thought has wings, and lots of things
Are seldom what they seem

Sometimes you think you've lived before
All that you live to day
Things you do come back to you
As though they knew the way

Oh the tricks your mind can play

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 close, you wore
The smile you are smiling you were smiling then
But I can't remember where or when

Some things that happened for the first time
Seem to be happening again

And so it seems that we have met before
And that we laughed before, also loved before
But who knows where or when


13.All The Things You Are

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Jerome Kern
Arranger:Axel Stordahl
Artist:Frank Sinatra/The Ken Lane Singers

You are the promised kiss of Springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song

You are the angel-glow that lights a star
The dearest things that I know are what you are

Some day my happy arms will hold you
And some day I'll know that moment divine
When all the things you are, are mine!


(You are the angel-glow that lights a star)
The dearest things that I know are what you are

Some day my happy arms will hold you
And some day I'll know that moment divine
When all the things you are, are mine!


14.I Should Care

Written:Sammy Cahn/Axel Stordahl/Paul Weston
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

I should care, I should go around weepin'
I should care, I should go without sleepin'
Strangely enough I sleep well, 'cept for a dream or two
But then I count my sheep well
Funny how sheep can lull you to sleep

So I should care, I should let it upset me
I should care, but it just doesn't get me
Maybe I won't find someone as lovely as you
But I should care and I do


15.Dream(When You're Feeling Blue)

Lyrics:Johnny Mercer
Music:Johnny Mercer
Arranger:Nelson Riddle

Get in touch with that sundown fellow
As he tiptoes across the sand
He's got a million kinds of stardust
Pick your fav'rite brand, and

Dream, when you're feeling blue
Dream, that's the thing to do
Just watch the smoke rings in the air
You'll find your share of memories there

So dream when the day is through
Dream, and they might come true
Things are never as bad as they seem
So dream, dream, dream


16.Put Your Dreams Away(For Another Day)

Written:Ruth Lowe/Stephen Weiss/Paul Mann
Arranger:Nelson Riddle

Put your dreams away for another day
And I will take their place in your heart
Wishing on a star never got you far
And so it's time to make a new start

When your dreams at night
Fade before you
Then I'll have the right
To adore you

Let your kiss confess this is happiness, darling
And put all your dreams away

(Musical Interlude)

When your dreams at night
Fade before you
Then I'll have the right
To adore you

Let your kiss confess this is happiness, darling
And put all your dreams away


17.Over The Rainbow

Lyrics:E.Yip Harburg
Music:Harold Arlen
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

When all the world is a hopeless jumble
And the raindrops tumble all around
Heaven opens a magic lane

When all the clouds darken up the skyway
There's a rainbow highway to be found
Leading from your windowpane

To a place behind the sun
Just a step beyond the rain

Somewhere, over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I dreamed of
Once in a lullabye

Somewhere, over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true

Some day I'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are
far behind me
Where laughter falls like lemon drops away above the chimney
tops
That's where you'll find me

Somewhere, over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh, why can't I?


18.If I Loved You

Written:Oscar Hammerstein Ii/Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

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
Longin' to tell you but afraid and shy
I'd let my golden chances pass me by

Soon you'd leave me, off you would go in the mist of day
Never, never to know
How I'd love you
If-I-loved-you


19.Someone To Watch Over Me

Lyrics:Ira Gershwin
Music:George Gershwin
Arranger:Nelson Riddle

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'd like to add his initial to my monogram
Tell me, where is the shepherd for this lost lamb?

There's a somebody I'm longing to see
I hope that he turns out to be
Someone who'll watch over me
I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood
I know I could always be good
Someone who'll watch over me

Although he may not be the man some
girls think of as handsome
To my heart he carries the key
Won't you tell him please to put on some speed
Follow my lead, oh, how I need
Someone to watch over me


20.You Go To My Head

Lyrics:Haven Gillespie
Music:Fred Coots
Arranger:Nelson Riddle

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 or two

The thrill of the thought that you might give a thought to my
plea
Cast a spell over me
Still I say to myself get a hold of yourself
Can't you see that it never can be

You go to my head with a smile that makes my temperature rise
Like a summer with a thousand Julys
You intoxicate my soul with your eyes
Though I'm certain that this heart of mine
Hasn't a ghost of a chance in this crazy romance
You go to my head
You go to my head


21.These Foolish Things(Remind Me Of You)

Lyrics:Holt Marvell
Music:Jack Strachey/Harry Link
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you

A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant
A fairground's painted swings
These foolish things remind me of you

You came, you saw, you conquered me
When you did that to me
I knew somehow this had to be

The winds of March that make my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but who's to answer?
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you

The smile of Turner and the scent of roses
The waiters whistling as the last bar closes
The song that Crosby sings
These foolish things remind me of you


22.The House I Live In(That's America To Me)

Written:Earl Robinson/Lewis Allen
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

Intro:
What is America to me
A name, a map, or a flag I see
A certain word, democracy
What is America to me

The house I live in
A plot of earth, a street
The grocer and the butcher
Or the people that I meet

The children in the playground
The faces that I see
All races and religions
That's America to me

The place I work in
The worker by my side
The little town the city
Where my people lived and died

The howdy and the handshake
The air a feeling free
And the right to speak your mind out
That's America to me

The things I see about me
The big things and the small
That little corner newsstand
Or the house a mile tall

The wedding and the churchyard
The laughter and the tears
And the dream that's been a growing
For more than two hundred years

The town I live in
The street, the house, the room
The pavement of the city
Or the garden all in bloom

The church the school the clubhouse
The millions lights I see
But especially the people
- Yes especially the people
That's America to me


23.Day By Day

Written:Sammy Cahn/Paul Weston/Axel Stordahl
Arranger:Billy May

Day by day I'm falling more in love with you
And day by day my love seems to grow
There isn't any end to my devotion
It's deeper dear by far than any ocean

I find that day by day you're making all my dreams come true
And (So) come what may I want you to know
I'm (That I am) yours alone, and I'm in love (in love) to stay
As we go through the years day by day

(I said, 'Day by day')
(As we go through the years day by day)


24.Nancy(With The Laughing Face)

Written:Phil Silvers/Jimmy Van Heusen
Arranger:Nelson Riddle

If I don't see her each day, I miss her
Gee what a thrill, each time I kiss her
Believe me, I've got a case
On Nancy, with the laughing face

She takes the winter and makes it summer
And summer could take some lessons from her
Picture a tomboy in lace
That's Nancy with the laughing face

Have you ever heard mission bells ringing
Well she'll give you the very same glow
When she speaks you would think it was singing
Just hear her say hello

I swear to goodness, you can't resist her
She's mighty sweet, and wait till you see her sister
No angel could replace
Nancy, with the laughing face


25.Full Moon And Empty Hands


26.Oh! What It Seemed To Be

Written:Frankie Carle/Bennie Benjamin/George David Weiss
Arranger:Nelson Riddle

It was just a neighborhood dance
That's all that it was
But, oh, what it seemed to be
It was like a masquerade ball
With costumes and all
'Cause you were at the dance with me
It was just a ride on a train
That's all that it was
But, oh, what it seemed to be
It was like a trip to the stars
To Venus and Mars
'Cause you were on the train with me
And when I kissed you, darling
It was more than just a thrill for me
It was the promise, darling
Of the things that fate had willed for me
It was just a wedding in June
That's all that it was
But, oh, what it seemed to be
It was like a royal affair
With everyone there
'Cause you said 'Yes, I do' to me


27.I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance

Lyrics:Ned Washington/Bing Crosby
Music:Victor Young
Arranger:Gordon Jenkins

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 had found you but other loves surround you
And I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you

If you'd surrender just for a tender kiss or two
You might discover that I'm the lover meant for you
And I'd be true

But what's the good of scheming? I know I must be dreaming
'cause I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you


What's the good of scheming? I know I must be dreaming
'cause I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you


28.Why Shouldn't I?

Lyrics:Cole Porter
Music:Cole Porter
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

Why shouldn't I take a chance when romance passes by?
Why shouldn't I know of love?
Why wait around when each age has a sage who has sung
That upon this earth love is all that is really worth thinking
of?

It must be fun, lots of fun
To be sure when day is done
That the hour is coming when you'll be kissed
And then you'll be kissed again

All debutantes say it's good
And every star out in far Hollywood
Seems to give it a try
So why shouldn't I?


All debutantes say it's good
And every star out in far Hollywood
Seems to give it a try
So why shouldn't I?


29.Try A Little Tenderness

Written:Harry Woods/Reg Conolly/Jimmy Campbell
Arranger:Nelson Riddle

INTRO:
In the hustle of the day, we're all inclined to miss
Little things that mean so much
A word, a smile, and a kiss
When a woman loves a man, he's a hero in her eyes
And a hero he can always be if he'll just realize

She may be weary, women do get weary
Wearing the same shabby dress
And when she's weary, try a little tenderness

She may be waiting, just anticipating
Things she may never possess
While she's without them, try a little tenderness

It's not just sentimental, she has her grief and her care
But a word that's soft and gentle makes it easier to bear

You won't regret it, women don't forget it
Love is their whole happiness
And it's all so easy, try a little tenderness


30.Begin The Beguine(From'Jubilee')

Lyrics:Cole Porter
Music:Cole Porter

Frank: A tune from Cole Porter perhaps.
Now there's a guy who writes for keeps.
His tunes not only become hits, they stay hits.
Begin the Beguine was written in 1935,
and it's still very popular.

lyrics:

When they begin the beguine, it brings back the sound of music
so tender,
It brings back a night of tropical splendor, it brings back a
memory ever green.
I'm with you once more under the stars, and down by the shore an
orchestra's playing
Even the palms seem to be swaying, when they begin the beguine.

To live it again is past all endeavor, except when that tune
clutches my heart,
And there we are, swearing to love forever, and promising never,
never to part.
What moments divine, what rapture serene,
Till clouds come along to disperse the joys we had tasted,
And now when I hear people curse the chance that was wasted,
I know but too well what they mean.
So don't let them begin the beguine, let the love that was once
a fire remain an ember;
Let it sleep like the dead desire I only remember when they
begin the beguine.

Oh yes, let them begin the beguine, make them play,
Till the stars that were there before return above you,
Till you whisper to me once more, Darling, I love you!
And we suddenly know what heaven we're in, when they begin the
beguine
When they begin the beguine.


31.They Say It's Wonderful

Lyrics:Irving Berlin
Music:Irving Berlin
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

They say that falling is love is wonderful
It's wonderful, so they say.
And with the moon up above, it's wonderful
It's wonderful, so they tell me.

I can't recall who said it;
I know I never read it;
I only know they tell me that love is grand, and
The thing that's known as romance is wonderful, wonderful
In every way, so they say.

To leave your house some morning,
And without any warning,
You're stopping people shouting that love is grand, and
To hold the girl in your arms is wonderful, wonderful
In every way, so they say.


32.That Old Black Magic

Lyrics:Johnny Mercer
Music:Harold Arlen
Arranger:Heinie Beau

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 slide,
Down and down I go,
Round and round I go,
Like a leaf that's caught in the tide.

I should stay away but what can I do,
I hear your name, and I'm aflame,
A flame with such a burning desire,
That only your kiss can put out the fire.

'Cause you're the lover I have waited for,
The mate that fate had me created for,
And every time you lips meet mine,
Darling, down and down I go,
Round and round I go

In that spin of love that I am in,
Under that old black of love.


33.How Deep Is The Ocean(How High Is The Sky)

Lyrics:Irving Berlin
Music:Irving Berlin
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

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 a day do I think of you?
How many roses are sprinkled with dew?

How far would I travel
To be where you are?
How far is the journey
From here to a star?

And if I ever lost you, how much would I cry?
How deep is the ocean?
How high is the sky?


How far would I travel
To be where you are?
How far is the journey
From here to a star?

And if I ever lost you, how much would I cry?
How deep is the ocean?
How high is the sky?
How high is the sky?


34.Home On The Range

Lyrics:Brewster Higley
Music:Dan Kelley
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

O give me a home where the buffaloes roam
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day

Chorus: Home, home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day

Where the air is so pure and the zephyrs so free
And the breezes so balmy and light
That I would not exchange my home on the range
For all of the cities so bright

(repeat chorus)

How often at night when the heavens are bright
With the light of the glittering stars
I stand there amazed & I ask as I gaze
Does their glory exceed that of ours?

(repeat chorus)


35.Five Minutes More(From'Piccadilly Hayride')

Lyrics:Sammy Cahn
Music:Jule Styne
Arranger:George Siravo

Give me five minutes more, only five minutes more
Let me stay, let me stay in your arms

Here am I, begging for only five minutes more
Only five minutes more of your charms

All week long I dreamed about our Saturday date
Don't you know that Sunday morning you can sleep late

Give me five minutes more (Here am I begging for), only five
minutes more
(Let me stay, let me stay)
Let me stay, let me stay (stay) in your arms


36.The Things We Did Last Summer

Lyrics:Sammy Cahn
Music:Jule Styne
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

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 things we did last summer I'll remember all winter long

The early morning hike, the rented tandem bike
The lunches that we used to pack
We never could explain that sudden summer rain
The looks we got when we got back

The leaves began to fade like promises we made
How could a love that seemed so right go wrong?
The things we did last summer I'll remember all winter long


I've tried so to forget, at times I do, and yet
The mem'ry of you lingers like our song
The things we did last summer, I'll remember all winter long


37.Among My Souvenirs(From'The Best Years Of Our Lives')

Lyrics:Edgar Leslie
Music:Horatio Nichols

There's nothing left for me of days that used to be,
I live in memory among my souvenirs.
Some letters tied with blue, 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 to give me consolation,
I count them all apart and as the teardrops start,
I find a broken heart among my souvenirs.

(a few bars)

A few more tokens rest within my treasure chest,
And though they do their best to give me consolation,
I count them all apart and as the teardrops start,
I find a broken heart among my souvenirs.


38.September Song

Written:Maxwell Anderson/Kurt Weill
Arranger:Gordon Jenkins


When I was a young man courting the girls
I played me a waiting game
If a maid refused me with tossing curls
I'd let the old Earth make a couple of whirls
While I plied her with tears in lieu of pearls
And as time came around she came my way
As time came around, she came

When you meet with the young girls early in the Spring
You court them in song and rhyme
They answer with words and a clover ring
But if you could examine the goods they bring
They have little to offer but the songs they sing
And the plentiful waste of time of day
A plentiful waste of time

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

Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few
September, November
And these few precious days I'll spend with you
These precious days I'll spend with you


39.Blue Skies

Lyrics:Irving Berlin
Music:Irving Berlin
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

Blue skies, smilin' at me
Nothin' but blues skies do I see

Bluebirds singin' a song
Nothin' but bluebirds all day long

All the days are hurryin' by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on


40.Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

Written:Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

The torch I carry is handsome
It's worth its heartache in ransom
Now when that twilight steals
I know how the lady in the harbor feels

When I want rain, I get sunny weather
I'm just as blue, blue as the sky
Since love has gone, I can't get myself together
Guess I'll hang my tears out to dry

My friend ask me out, but I tell them I'm busy
I've got to get a new alibi
I hang around at home, and ask myself: 'Where is she?'
Guess I'll hang my tears out to dry

Dry little tear drops, my little tear drops
Moving on a stream of dreams
My little memories, those precious memories
Remind me of our crazy schemes

Then somebody says, just forget about her
But I gave that treatment a try
Strangely enough, I got along without her
Then one day she passed me right by - oh well
I guess I'll hang my tears out to dry


41.Lost In The Stars(From'Lost In The Stars')

Written:Kurt Weill/Maxwell Anderson
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

Before Lord God made the sea or 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 wind down there
And he stated and promised he'd take special care
So it wouldn't get lost no more

Now, a man don't mind if the stars get dim
And the clouds blow over and darken him
So long as the Lord God's watching over him
Keeping track how it all goes on

But I've been walking through the night and the day
Till my eyes get weary and my head turns gray
And sometimes it seems maybe God's gone away
Forgetting his promise and the word he'd say

And we're lost out here in the stars
Little stars big stars blowing through the night
And we're lost out here in the stars
Little stars big stars blowing through the night
And we're lost out here in the stars


42.There's No Business Like Show-Business


43.Time After Time

Lyrics:Sammy Cahn
Music:Jule Styne
Arranger:Nelson Riddle

Time after time, I tell myself that I'm
So lucky to be loving you
So lucky to be the one you run to see
In the evening, when the day is through

I only know what I know, the passing years will show
You've kept my love so young, so new
And time after time, you'll hear me say that I'm
So lucky to be loving you


I only know what I know, the passing years will show
You've kept my love so young, so new
And time after time, you'll hear me say that I'm
So lucky to be loving you


44.The Brooklyn Bridge(From'It Happened In Brooklyn')

Lyrics:Sammy Cahn
Music:Jule Styne
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

Like the folks you meet on
Like to plant my feet on the Brooklyn Bridge
What a lovely view from
Heaven looks at you from the Brooklyn Bridge

I love to listen to the wind through her strings
The song that she sings for the town
I love to look up at the clouds in her hair
She's learned to wear like a crown

If you've been a rover
Journey's end lies over the Brooklyn Bridge
Don't let no one tell you
I've been tryin' to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge

All the folks in Manhattan are sad
'cause they look at her and wish they had
The good old Brooklyn Bridge


If you've been a rover
Journey's end lies over the Brooklyn Bridge
Don't let no one tell you
I've been tryin' to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge

You'll miss her most when you roam
'cause you'll think of her and think of home
The good old Brooklyn Bridge


45.Sweet Lorraine

Written:Mitchell Parish/Cliff Burwell
Arranger:Sy Oliver

Just found joy
I'm as happy as a baby boy
When he's playing with his choo-choo toy
When I'm with my sweet Lorraine

She's got a pair of eyes
That are bluer than the summer sky
When you see her you're gonna realize
Why I love my sweet Lorraine

When it's raining I don't miss the sun
'Cause it's in my sweetie's smile
Just think that I'm the lucky one
Who will lead her down the aisle

Each night how I pray
That nobody steals her heart away
I can't wait until that lucky day
When I marry my Lorraine


When it's raining I never miss the sun
'Cause it's in my sweetie smile
Just the think that I'm the lucky one
Who's gonna lead her down the aisle

Each night how I pray
That nobody steals her heart away
I can't wait until that lucky day
That'll be the day when I marry my Lorraine


46.Always

Lyrics:Irving Berlin
Music:Irving Berlin
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

I'll be lovin' you, always
With a love that's true, always
When the things you've planned need a helpin' hand
I will understand always, always

Days may not be fair, always
That's when I'll be there, always
Not for just an hour, not for just a day
Not for just a year, but always


Days may not be fair, always
That's when I'll be there, always
Not for just an hour, not just a day
Not for just one year but always

Always
Always
All the time


47.Mam'selle

Lyrics:Mack Gordon
Music:Edmund Goulding
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

A small Caf Mam'selle, our rendezvous, Mam'selle.
The violins were warm and sweet, and so were you Mam'selle.
And as the night danced by, a kiss became a sigh,
Your lovely eyes seemed to sparkle just like wine does
No heart ever yearned the way that mine does for you.
And yet I know too well someday you'll say goodbye,
Then violins will cry, and so will I Mam'selle.


48.Stella By Starlight(From'The Uninvited')

Lyrics:Ned Washington
Music:Victor Young
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

The song a robin sings
Trough years of endless springs
The murmur of a brook at eventide
That ripples by a nook where two lovers hide
A great symphonic theme
That's Stella by starlight
And not a dream
My heart and I agree
She's everything on earth to me


A great symphonic theme
That's Stella by starlight
And not a dream
My heart and I agree
She's everything on earth to me

**NOTE: eventide = The time of evening;evening.


49.My Romance(From'Jumbo')

Lyrics:Lorenz Hart
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Axel Stordahl
Artist:Frank Sinatra/Dinah Shore

My romance doesn't have to have a moon in the sky
My romance doesn't need a blue lagoon standing by
No month of may, no twinkling stars
No hide away, no softly guitars

My romance doesn't need a castle rising in Spain
Nor a dance to a constantly surprising refrain
Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true

My romance doesn't need a thing but you
My romance doesn't need a thing but you


50.If I Had You

Written:Reg Connelly/Jimmy Campbell/Ted Shapiro
Arranger:Nelson Riddle

I could show the world how to smile
I could be glad all of the while
I could change the gray skies to blue
If I had you

I could leave the old days behind
Leave all my pals, I'd never mind
I could start my life anew
If I had you

I could climb a snow-capped mountain
Sail the mighty ocean wide
I could cross the burning desert
If I had you by my side

I could be a king, dear, uncrowned
Humble or poor, rich or renowned
There is nothin' I couldn't do
If I had you


I could climb a snow-capped mountain
Sail the mighty ocean wide
I could cross the burnin' desert
If I had you by my side

I could be a king uncrowned
Humble or poor, rich or renowned
There is nothin' I couldn't do
If I had you

Baby, if I had you


51.One For My Baby(And One More For The Road)

Lyrics:Johnny Mercer
Music:Harold Arlen
Arranger:Patrick Williams

It's quarter to three, there's no one in the place
Except you and me
So set 'em' up Joe, I got a little story
I think you should 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 know the routine, put another nickel
In the machine
I feel kind of bad, can't you make the music
Easy and sad

I could tell you a lot, but it's not
In a gentleman's code
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road

You'd never know it, but buddy I'm a kind of poet
And I've got a lot of things I'd like to say
And if I'm gloomy, please listen to me
Till it's talked away

Well that's how it goes, and Joe I know your gettin'
Anxious to close
Thanks for the cheer
I hope you didn't mind
My bending your ear

But this torch that I found, It's gotta be drowned
Or it's gonna explode
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road


52.But Beautiful(From'Road To Rio')

Written:Johnny Burke/Jimmy Van Heusen
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

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 a heartache either way
But beautiful

And I'm thinking if you were mine, I'd never let you go
And that would be but beautiful, I know.


Love is tearful or it's gay
It's a problem or it's play
It's a heartache either way
But it's beautiful

And I'm thinking if you were mine, I'd never let you go
And that would be but beautiful, I know


53.You're My Girl(From'High Button Shoes')

Lyrics:Sammy Cahn
Music:Jule Styne
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

You're my girl the boys all know, you're my girl, I've told them
so.
You should have seen how their faces fell when they were wishing
me well.
They called me a lucky guy, and I couldn't hide a feeling of
pride.

You're my girl, I've chosen you to be mine, my whole life
through.
And if this heart of mine had a voice, you'd hear it second my
choice,
You're what I've waited for, and you're my girl.

The kiss that see me come to call have written your name and my
name on the wall.
It's common gossip everywhere, that you and I have got it bad
for fair.

You're my girl, I've chosen you to be mine my whole life
through,
And if this heart of mine had a voice, you'd hear it second my
choice,
You're what I 've waited for, and you're my girl.


54.All Of Me

Written:Seymour Simons/Gerald Marks
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

All of me, why not take all of me?
Can't you see I'm no good without you?
Take my lips, I want to lose them.
Take my arms, I'll never use them.

You're good-bye left me with eyes that cry.
How can I get along without you?
You took the part that once was my heart,
So why not, why not take all of me?

All of me, come on, get all of me.
Can't you see I'm just a mess without you?
Take my lips, I want to lose them.
Get a piece of these arms, I'll never use them.

You're good-bye left me with eyes that cry.
How can I ever make it without you?
You know, you've got the part used to be my heart,
So why not, why not take all of me?


55.Night And Day

Lyrics:Cole Porter
Music:Cole Porter
Arranger:Don Costa

Night and day, you are the one
Only you 'neath the moon or under the sun
Whether near to me or far
It's no matter, darling, where you are
I think of you day and night

Night and day, why is it so
That this longin' for you follows wherever I go ?
In the roarin' traffic's boom
In the silence of my lonely room
I think of you day and night

Night and day, under the hide of me
There's an oh, such a hungry yearnin' burnin' inside of me
And its torment won't be through
Till you let me spend my life makin' love to you
Day and night, night and day


Night and day, you are the one
Only you 'neath the moon or under the sun
Whether near to me or far
It's no matter, baby, where you are
I think of you day and night

Night and day, why is it so
That this longin' for you follows wherever I go ?
In the roarin' traffic's boom
Silence of my lonely room
I think of you day and night

Night and day, under the hide of me
There's an oh, such a hungry burning inside of me
And its torment won't be through
Till you let me spend life makin' love to you
Day and night, night and day


56.S'posin'

Written:Paul Denniker/Andy Razaf
Arranger:John Guarnieri

S'posin' I should fall in love with you
Do you think that you could love me too?
S'posin' I should hold you and caress you
Would it impress you or, perhaps, distress you?

S'posin' I should say 'For you I yearn'
Would ya think I'm speaking out of turn?
And s'posin' I declare it, would you take my love and share it?
I'm not s'posin', I'm in love with you


S'posin' I should say 'For you I yearn'
Would ya think that I'm speakin' out of turn?
And s'posin' I declare it, would you take my love and share it?
I'm not s'posin' 'cause I'm in love with you


57.The Night We Called It A Day

Lyrics:Tom Adair
Music:Matt Dennis
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

There was a moon out in space, but a cloud drifted over its face
You kissed me and went on your way the night we called it a day
I heard the song of the spheres, like a minor lament in my ears
I hadn't the heart left to pray, the night we called it a day

Soft through the dark, the hoot of an owl in the sky
Sad though his song, no bluer was he than I
The moon went down stars were gone, but the sun didn't rise with
the dawn
There wasn't a thing left to say, the night we called it a day
There wasn't a thing left to say, the night we called it a day


58.The Song Is You

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Jerome Kern
Arranger:Billy May

I hear music when I look at you;
A beautiful theme of ev'ry
Dream I ever knew.
Down deep in my heart I hear it play.
I feel it start, then melt away.

I hear music when I touch your hand;
A beautiful melody
From some enchanted land.
Down deep in my heart, I hear it say,
Is this the day?

I alone have heard this lovely strain,
I alone have heard this glad refrain:
Must it be forever inside of me,
Why can't I let it go,
Why can't I let you know,
Why can't I let you know the song
My heart would sing?

That beautiful rhapsody
Of love and youth and spring,
The music is sweet,
The words are true -
The song is you.


59.What'll I Do

Lyrics:Irving Berlin
Music:Irving Berlin
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

What'll I do?
When you are far away
And I am blue
What'll I do?

What'll I do?
When I am wond'ring 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'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'll I do?


60.The Music Stopped

Lyrics:Harold Adamson
Music:Jimmy Mchugh
Arranger:Alec Wilder

The music stopped, but we were still dancing
Which goes to show that music has charm
The lights were low so we kept on dancing
I fealt the glow of you in my arms

(bridge)

The band had left the stand, and we were in heaven
Dancing on a cloud, way off in the blue, the music stopped
And people were glancing, but we went on dancing
For we didn't know, because the lights were low, and we were in
love


61.Fools Rush In

Written:Johnny Mercer/Rube Bloom
Arranger:Nelson Riddle

(Instrumental opening-one full verse)

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 fall in love so how are they to know
When we met I felt my life begin
So open up your heart and let this fool rush in

(Instrumental close--one full verse)


62.I've Got A Crush On You

Lyrics:Ira Gershwin
Music:George Gershwin
Arranger:Patrick Williams

How glad the many millions of Annabelles and Lillians
Would be to capture me
But you had such persistence, you wore down my resistance
I fell and it was swell

I'm your big and brave and handsome Romeo
How I won you I shall never never know
It's not that you're attractive
But, oh, my heart grew active
When you came into view

I've got a crush on you, sweetie pie
All the day and night-time give me sigh
I never had the least notion that
I could fall with so much emotion

Could you coo, could you care
For a cunning cottage we could share
The world will pardon my mush
'Cause I have got a crush on you

Could you coo, could you care
For a cunning cottage
That we could share
The world will pardon my mush
'Cause I have got a crush, my baby, on you


63.Body And Soul

Written:Edward Heyman/Frank Eyton/Robert Sour/John Green
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

My heart is sad and lonely
For you I sigh, for you dear only
Why haven't you seen it
I'm all for you body and soul
I spend my days in longin'
And wondering why it's me you're (ogling)
I tell you I mean it
I'm all for you body and soul
I can't believe it
It's hard to conceive it
That you turn away romance
Are you pretending
It looks like the ending
And less I could have one more chance to prove, dear
My life a wreck you're making
You know I'm yours for just the taking
I'd gladly surrender myself to you body and soul

My life a wreck you're making
You know I'm yours for just the taking
I would gladly surrender myself to you body and soul


64.I'm glad there is you


65.Autumn In New York

Lyrics:Vernon Duke
Music:Vernon Duke
Arranger:Billy May

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 New York
Is often mingled with pain

Dreamers with empty hands
They sigh for exotic lands

It's autumn in New York
It's good to live it again


This autumn in New York
Transforms the slums into Mayfair
Autumn in New York
You'll need no castles in Spain

Lovers that bless the dark
On benches in Central Park

It's autumn in New York
It's good to live it again


66.Nature Boy

Lyrics:Eden Ahbez
Music:Eden Ahbez

There was a boy...
A very strange enchanted boy.
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea,
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he.

And then one day,
A magic day, he passed my way.
And while we spoke of many things,
Fools and kings,
This he said to me,
'The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return.'

'The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return.'


67.Once In Love With Amy(From'Where's Charley')

Lyrics:Frank Loesser
Music:Frank Loesser

I caught you sir
having a look at her
as she went strolling by
now didn't your heart go
boom,boom,boom,boom,boom
and didn't you sigh a sigh
I warned you sir
never to dream of her
just bid such thoughs begone
or it'll be
boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom
boom,boom,boom,boom
from then on
for once in love with Amy
always in love with Amy
ever and ever fasinated by her
sets your heart a fire to stay
once you're kissed by Amy
tear up your list it's Amy
ply her with bon-bons, poetry,and flowers
moon a million hours away
you might be quiet the fickle hearted rover
so care free and bold
who loves a girl
and later thinks it over
and just quits cold
but once in love with Amy
alway in love with Amy
ever and ever sweetly you'll romance her
trouble is the answer will be
that Amy rather stay in love with me
da,da,da,da,da,da,da,da,da,da
ever and ever fasinated by her
(Barry taks) oh I just love this song so much
I want everybody to sing along with me
once your kissed by Amy
(backround singers)once your kissed by Amy
(Barry)tear up your list it's Amy
(backround singers)tear up your list it's Amy
(Barry) ply her with bon-bon,poetry,and flowers
(backround singers)ply her with bon-bons, poetry,and flowers
(Barry) moon a million hours away
(backround singers)moon a million hours away
(Barry)come on let me take it please
you might be quite the fickle hearted rover
so care free and bold
who loves a girl and later thinks it over
and just quits cold
(Barry)everybody sing
once in love with Amy
(backround singers) once in love with Amy
(barry)always in love with Amy
backround singers)always in love with Amy
(Barry) ever and ever sweetly you'll romance her
(backround singers) ever and ever sweetly you'll romance her
(Barry) trouble is the answer will be
ha,ha,ha,ha,ha
(backround singers) trouble is the answer will be
ha,ha,ha,ha,ha
that Amy rather stay in love
with
me


68.Some Enchanted Evening

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:H.B.Barnun

Some enchanted evening you may see a stranger
You may see a stranger across a crowded room
And somehow you know, you know even then
That somewhere you'll see her again and again

Some enchanted evening, someone may be laughing
You may hear her laughing across a crowded room
And night after night, as strange as it seems
The sound of her laughter will sing in your dreams

Who can explain it, who can tell you why
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try

Some enchanted evening, when you find your true love
When you feel her call you across a crowded room
Then fly to her side and make her your own
Or all through your life you may dream all alone

Once you have found her, never let her go
Once you have found her, never let her go


69.The Hucklebuck


70.Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk


71.It All Depends On You

Written:Lew Henderson/B.G.Desylva/Ray Brown
Arranger:George Siravo

Lovers depend on moonlight for a love affair
Babies depend on mothers for their tender care
Flowers depend on sunshine, and the morning dew
Each thing depends on something, and I depend on you

I can be happy, I can be sad
I can be good, I can be bad
It all depends on you
I can be lonely out in a crowd
I can be humble, I can be proud
It all depends on you

I can save money, or spend it
Go roght on living, or end it
You're to blama, baby, for what I do
I know that I can be beggar, I can be king
I can be almost any old thing
It all depends on you

Isn't it sweet to know, dear, you can help me on?
Wouldn't it hurt, to know, dear, all my hopes were gone?
Wouldn't it make you proud, dear, if I made a name?
But if I failed to win, dear, would you want all the blame?


72.Bye Bye Baby

Lyrics:M.Ciccone/S.Pettibone
Music:M.Ciccone/S.Pettibone

This is not a love song
Bye bye baby

I keep on waiting, anticipating
But I can't wait forever
You say you love me
You're thinking of me
But we're never together

Chorus:

Bye bye baby bye bye
It's your turn to cry
That's why we have to say goodbye
So say goodbye

Bye bye baby bye bye
It's your turn to cry
This time we have to say goodbye
So say goodbye

You had your chances
All your romances
And now I just don't want you
I know I love you because I hate you
And now I'd rather haunt you

(chorus, repeat)

You're so beautiful
What makes you feel exciting?
What wakes you up inside?
Does it make you feel good to see me cry?
I think it does
That's why it's time to say bye bye

(chorus, repeat)

I don't wanna keep the bright flame
Of your ego going
So I'll just stop blowin' in the wind
To love you is a sin
Adios

Uh, this is not a love song
I'd like to hurt you

What excites you? What turns you on?
What makes you feel good?
Does it make you feel good to see me cry?
I think it does
That's why it's time to say goodbye
Bye bye

The first time and the last time
You can forget about it baby
Forget the rules, forget the fools
Forget your fears, forget my tears
You can forget about it baby, bye bye baby bye bye
You can forget about it baby
'Cause it's the first time and the last time
You'll ever see me cry
You f*cked it up


73.Don't Cry Joe(Let Her Go/Let Her Go/Let Her Go)

Lyrics:Joe Marsala
Music:Joe Marsala
Arranger:Billy May

Dont' cry, Joe
Let her go, let her go, let her go
Don't cry, Joe
Let her go, let her go, let her go

You've got to realize that this is the windup
Your gonna feel much better once you make your mind up
Dont cry, Joe
Let her go, let her go, let her go

Don't cry, Joe
Let her go, let her go, let her go
Don't cry, Joe
Let her go, let her go, let her go

Take a look around and see what your missing
You'd soon forget your troubles if you'd only listen
Dont cry, Joe
Let her go, let her go, let her go

Just turn your big brown eyes in her direction
You'll find the one that loves you has a real affection for you
Don't cry, Joe
Let her go, let her go, let her go
Listen to me, Joe
Let her go


74.That Lucky Old Sun

Lyrics:Haven Gillespie
Music:Beasley Smith

Up in the mornin'
Out on the job
Work like the devil for my pay
But that lucky old sun got nothin' to do
But roll around heaven all day.

Fuss with my woman, toil for my kids
Sweat till I'm wrinkled and gray
While that lucky old sun got nothin' to do
But roll around heaven all day

Dear Lord above, can't you know I'm pining, tears all in my eyes
Send down that cloud with a silver lining, lift me to Paradise

Show me that river, take me across
Wash all my troubles away
Like that lucky old sun, give me nothing to do
But roll around heaven all day


Send down that cloud with a silver lining, lift me to Paradise

Show me that river, take me across
Wash all my troubles away
Like that lucky old sun, give me nothing to do
But roll around heaven all day


75.Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy


76.American Beauty Rose


77.Should I?

Written:Nacio Herb Brown/Arthur Freed
Arranger:George Siravo

Should I reveal exactly how I feel?
Should I confess I love you?
Should I recite beneath the pale moonlight?
And swear by the stars above you?

Could I repeat the sweetest story told?
Could I entreat, would it be too bold?

Should I reveal 'xactly how I feel?
Should I confess I love you?


Could I repeat that sweetest story told?
Could I entreat, would it be too bold?

Should I reveal 'xactly how I feel?
Should I confess I love you?
And swear by stars above you?
Should I confess I love you?


78.You Do Something To Me

Lyrics:Cole Porter
Music:Cole Porter
Arranger:George Siravo

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
*You* do that voodoo that you do so well

For you do something to me
That nobody else could do.


Let me live 'neath your spell
You* do that voodoo that you do so well

For you do something to me
That nobody else could do

That nobody else could do


79.Lover

Lyrics:Lorenz Hart
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Heinie Beau

Lover, when I'm near you, and I hear you - speak my name
Softly, in my ear you - breathe a flame

Lover, it's immoral, but why quarrel - with our bliss
When, two lips of coral - want to kiss

I say (that) the devil is in you, and to resists you - I try
But if you didn't continue - I would die

Lover, please be tender, when you're tender - fears depart
Lover, I surrender - to my heart


80.When You're Smiling(The Whole World Smiles With You)

Written:Larry Shay/Joe Goodwin/Mark Fisher
Arranger:Joseph Gershenson

When you're smilin', when you're smilin'
The whole world smiles with you
When you're laughin', when you're laughin'
The sun comes shinin' through

But when you're cryin', you bring on the rain
So stop that cryin', be happy again
Keep on smilin', 'cause when you're smilin'
The whole world smiles with you

When you're smilin', when you're smilin'
The whole world, it smiles with you
When you're laughin', oh babe, when you're laughin'
The sun would-a come shining through

But when you're cryin', you bring on the rain
So stop that sighin', come on and be happy again
Keep on smilin', 'cause when you're smilin', baby
The whole world smiles with you


81.London By Night


82.Meet Me At The Copa


83.April In Paris


84.I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest


85.Nevertheless


86.I Am Loved

Lyrics:Cole Porter
Music:Cole Porter
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

I am loved, I am loved by the one I love in every way,
I am loved, absolutely loved,
What a wonderful thing to be able to say.

I'm adored, I'm adored by the one who first led my heart astray,
I'm adored, absolutely adored,
What a wonderful thing to be able to say.

So ring out the bells, and let the trumpets blow,
And beat on the drums, 'cause now I know, I know,
I am loved, I am loved,
What a wonderful thing, what a beautiful thing,
What a glorious thing to be able to say.

What a wonderful thing, what a beautiful thing,
What a glorious thing, I am loved.


87.Hello Young Lovers

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Gordon Jenkins

Hello young lovers who ever 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 love like you

I know how it feels to have wings on your heels
And fly down the street in a trance
You fly down a street on a chance that you'll meet
And you meet not really by chance

Don't cry young lovers what ever you do
Don't cry because I'm alone

All of my memories are happy tonight
I've had a love of my own

I've had a love of my own like yours
I've had a love of my own


88.We Kiss In A Shadow

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

He:We kiss in the shadow, we hide from the moon,
Our meetings are few and over too soon.
She:We speak in a whisper, afraid to be heard,
When people are near, we speak not a word.
He: Alone in our secret, together we cry
For one smiling day to be free.
To kiss in the sunlight, and say to the sky,
Behold and believe what you see,
Behold how my lover loves me.

(musical interlude)

She: We speak in a whisper, afraid to be heard,
When people are near, we speak not a word.
He: Alone in our secret, together we cry
For one smiling day to be free.
Both: To kiss in the sunlight, and say to the sky,
Behold and believe what you see,
Behold how my lover loves me.


89.I'm A Fool To Want You

Written:Frank Sinatra/Jack Wolf/Joel Herron
Arranger:Gordon Jenkins

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 that Devil has known

Time and time again I said I'd leave you
Time and time again I went away
But then would come the time when I would need you
And once again these words I had to say

Take me back, I love you
...I need you
I know it's wrong, it must be wrong
But right or wrong I can't get along

Without you


90.Love Me

Lyrics:Ned Washington
Music:Victor Young
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

I'm so in love with you, please love me
Whatever else you do, just love me
Go your way and dance and play till dawn breaks though
If you'll just call up and say 'I love you, just you'

You're all that I desire, love me
I'd die if you should tire, oh, of me, love me
I'll be kind and I won't mind if you're not near
If you'll only love me, dear

(brief music interlude)

Love me
I'll be kind and I won't mind if you're not near
If you'll only love me, dear


91.Deep Night


92.I Could Write A Book


93.I Hear A Rhapsody

Written:Dick Gasparre/Jack Baker/George Fragos
Arranger:Axel Stordahl
Artist:Frank Sinatra/The Jeff Alexander Choir

And when I hear you call so softly to me,
I don't hear a call at all, I hear a rhapsody.
And when your sparkling eyes are smiling at me,
Then soft through the starlit skies, I hear a rhapsody
My days are so blue when you're away,
My heart longs for you, so won't you stay?
My darling, hold me tight and whisper to me
Then soft through the starry night I hear a rhapsody


94.My Girl

Lyrics:Charles Freed
Music:Charles Freed
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

My girl is violin and candlelight,
My girl is star-shine on a summer night.
Lucky heart to be part of a love like this,
Where every single kiss is a short-cut to heaven.

Heaven knows, she's everything that's dear to me,
She smiles, and cloudy days are clear to me.
Yes, the world is my oyster and I got the pearl,
And I'm happy 'cause I got my girl.

My girl is autumn days and skies of gold,
A fire to dream by, when the night is cold.
Yes, the world is my oyster and I've got the pearl,
I'm happy 'cause I've got my girl.


95.The Birth Of The Blues

Lyrics:B.G.Desylva/Lew Brown
Music:Ray Henderson

Oh, they say some people long ago
Were searching for a diff'rent tune
One that they could croon
As only they can
They only had the rhythm
So they started swaying to and fro
They didn't know just what to use
That is how the blues really began
They heard the breeze in the trees
Singing weird melodies
And they made that the start of the blues

And from a jail came the wail
Of a down-hearted frail
And they played that
As part of the blues
From a whippoorwill
Out on a hill
They took a new note
Pushed it through a horn
'Til it was worn
Into a blue note
And then they nursed it, rehearsed it
And gave out the news
That the Southland gave birth to the blues!


96.Azure-Te


97.Why Try To Change Me Now



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