Sings The Select Johnny

Frank Sinatra Sings The Select Johnny Lyrics
1.Too Marvelous For Words

Lyrics:Johnny Mercer
Music:Richard Whiting
Arranger:Neal Hefti/Billy May

You're just to marvelous
Too marvelous for words
Like glorious, glamorous
And that old standby amorous

It's all too wonderful
I'll never find the phrase
That says enough, tells enough
I mean just aren't swell enough

You're much too much, and just too very very
To ever be, to ever be in the dictionary
And so I'm borrowing a love song from the birds
To tell you that you're marvelous
Too marvelous for words


2.Day In-Day Out(Ballad Version)

Lyrics:Johnny Mercer
Music:Rube Bloom
Arranger:Neal Hefti/Billy May

Day in - day out
That same old voodoo follows me about
That same old pounding in my heart, whenever I think of you
And baby I think of you
Day in and day out

Day out - day in
I needn't tell you how my days begin
When I awake I get up with a tingle
One possibility in view
That possibility of maybe seeing you

Come rain - come shine
I meet you and to me the day is fine
Then I kiss your lips, and the pounding becomes
An oceans roar, a thousand drums
Can't you see it's love, can there be any doubt
When there it is, day in - day out


3.Laura

Lyrics:Johnny Mercer
Music:David Raskin
Arranger:Gordon Jenkins

Laura is the face in the misty light
Footsteps that you hear down the hall
The laugh that floats on a summer night
That you can never quite recall

And you see Laura on a train that is passing through
Those eyes, how familiar they seem
She gave your very first kiss to you
That was Laura, but she's only a dream


She gave your very first kiss to you
That was Laura, but she's only a dream


4.Jeepers Creepers

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

Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those peepers?
Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those eyes?
Gosh all git-up, how'd you get so lit up?
Gosh all git up, how'd it get that size?
Golly gee, when you turn those heaters on,
Woe is me, got to put my cheaters on.
Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those peepers?
Oh those weepers, how they hypnotize!
Where'd you get those eyes?


5.Blues In The Night

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

My mama done tol' me, when I was in knee-pants
My mama done tol' me, ' Son a woman'll sweet talk'
And give ya the big eye, but when the sweet talkin's done
A woman's a two-face, A worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing
the blues in the night

Now the rain's a-fallin', hear the train's a-callin, 'Whooee!'
(My mama done tol' me) Hear dat lonesome whistle blowin' 'cross
the trestle, 'Whooee!'
(My mama done tol' me) A-whooee-ah-whooee ol' clickety-clack's
a-echoin' back th' blues in the night
The evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin' and the moon'll
hide its light when you get the blues in the night
Take my word, the mockingbird'll sing the saddest kind o' song,
he knows things are wrong, and he's right

From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe, wherever the
four winds blow
I been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk, but there
is one thing I know
A woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing
the blues in the night

My mama was right, there's blues in the night.


6.Something's Gotta Give

Lyrics:Johnny Mercer
Music:Johnny Mercer
Arranger:Billy May

When an irresistible force such as you
Meets an old immovable object like me
You can bet just as sure as you live
Somethin's gotta give
Somethin's gotta give
Somethin's gotta give

When an irrepressible smile such as yours
Warms an old implacable heart such as mine
Don't say no, because I insist
Somewhere, somehow, someone's gotta be kissed

So, en garde, who knows what the fates might have in store?
From their vast mysterious sky?
I'll try hard ignorin' those lips that I adore
But how long can anyone try?

Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight it with all of our might
Chances are some heavenly star-spangled night
We'll find out just as sure as we live
Somethin's gotta give
Somethin's gotta give
Somethin's gotta give


Fight fight fight it with all of your might
Chances are that some heavenly star-spangled night
We'll find out just as sure as we live
Somethin's gotta give
Somethin's gotta give
Somethin's gotta give

Somethin's gotta give
Somethin's gotta give


7.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)


8.P.S I Love You

Lyrics:Johnny Mercer
Music:Gordon Jenkins
Arranger:Nelson Riddle
Artist:Frank Sinatra/The Hollywood String Quartet

What is there to write? What is there to say?
Same things happen everyday, not a thing to write, not a thing
to say,
So I take my pen in hand and start the same old way.

Dear, I thought I'd drop a line, the weather's cool, the folks
are fine,
I'm in bed each night at nine, P. S. I love you.
Yesterday we had some rain, but all in all, I can't complain,
Was it just beyond the train, P. S. I love you.
Write to the Browns just as soon as you're able,
They came around to call, and I burned a hole in the dining room
table,
And let me see, I guess that's all.
Nothing else for me to say, and so I'll close but by the way,
Everybody's thinking of you, P. S. I love you.
I do my best to obey all your wishes, I put a sign up 'Think'
But I gotta buy us a new set of dishes, or wash the ones that
are piled in the sink.
Nothing else to tell you dear, except each day seems like a
year,
Every night I'm dreaming of you, P. S. I love you.


9.When The World Was Young

Lyrics:Johnny Mercer
Music:Philippe Gerard
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

It isn't by chance I happen to be a boulevardier, the toast of
Paree,
For over the noise, the talk and the smoke, I'm good for a
laugh, a drink or a joke,
I walk in a room, a party of all, come sit over here, somebody
will call
A drink for monsieur, a drink for us all, but how many times, I
sat and recall.
Are the apple trees, blossoms in the breeze that we walk among,
Lying in the hay, games we used to play, while the rounds were
sung,
Only yesterday when the world was young.

Wherever I go they mention my name, and that in itself is some
sort of fame,
Come by for a drink, we're having a game, wherever I go, I'm
glad that I came.
The talk is quite gay, the company's fine,
There's laughter and lights and glamour and wine.
And beautiful girls and summer's been mine, but often my eyes
see a different shine.
Are the apple trees, sunlit memories, where the hammock swung,
On our backs sweet lie, looking at the sky, till the stars were
strung
Only last July when the world was young.


10.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.


11.Autumn Leaves

Lyrics:Johnny Mercer
Music:Joseph Kosma
Arranger:Gordon Jenkins

The falling leaves
Drift by the window
The autumn leaves
Of red and gold

I see your lips
The summer kisses
The sunburned hands
I used to hold

Since you went away
The days grow long
And soon I'll hear
Old winter's song

But I miss you most of all
My darling
When autumn leaves
Start to fall


12.I Thought About You

Lyrics:Johnny Mercer
Music:Jimmy Van Heusen
Arranger:Nelson Riddle

I took a trip on a train
And I thought about you
I passed a shadowy lane
And I thought about you

Two or three cars arked under the stars
A winding stream
Moon shining down on some little town
And with each beam, the same old dream

And every stop that we made, oh, I thought about you
When I pulled down the shade then I really felt blue
I peeked through the crack, looked at the track
The one going back to you
And what did I do? I thought about you


13.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


14.Day In-Day Out(Swingin' Version)

Lyrics:Johnny Mercer
Music:Rube Bloom
Arranger:Neal Hefti/Billy May

Day in - day out
That same old voodoo follows me about
That same old pounding in my heart, whenever I think of you
And baby I think of you
Day in and day out

Day out - day in
I needn't tell you how my days begin
When I awake I get up with a tingle
One possibility in view
That possibility of maybe seeing you

Come rain - come shine
I meet you and to me the day is fine
Then I kiss your lips, and the pounding becomes
An oceans roar, a thousand drums
Can't you see it's love, can there be any doubt
When there it is, day in - day out


15.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