Swingin' Affair

Frank Sinatra Swingin' Affair Lyrics
1.At Long Last Love

Writer(s):porter

Is it an earthquake or simply 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 all time or simply a lark?
Is it granada i see or only asbury park?
Is it a fancy not worth thinking of?
Or is it at long last love?

Is it an earthquake, or simply a shock?
Is it the good turtle soup, or is it merely the mock?
Is it a cocktail, this feeling of joy?
Or is what i feel the real mccoy?

Is it for all time or simply a lark?
Is it granada i see or only asbury park?
Is it a fancy, not worth thinking of?
Or is it at long long long last love?


2.From This Moment On

From this moment on
You for me, dear
Only two for tea, dear
From this moment on

From this happy day
No more blue songs
Only hoop-dee-doo songs
From this moment on

For you've got the love i need so much
You've got the skin that i love to touch
Got the arms to hold me tight
Got those sweet lips to kiss me goodnight

From this moment on
You and i, babe
We'll be ridin' high, babe
Every care is gone
From this moment on

From this moment on
You for me, dear
Only two for tea, dear
From this moment on

From, from this happy day
No more blue songs
Only hoop-dee-doo songs
From this moment on

For you've got the love that i need so much
Yeah, you've got the kind of skin that i love to touch
And you've got the arms that can hold me tight
You've got those lovely lips just to kiss me goodnight

From this moment on
You and i, babe
We'll be ridin' high, babe
Every one of our cares are gone
From this moment
From this very moment
From this moment on


3.If I Had You

Writer(s):shapiro/campbell/connelly

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) on crown
Humble or poor - rich or renowned
There is nothing i couldn't do
If i had you
(- baby if i had you)


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

Never treats me sweet and gentle the way she should
I got it bad and that ain't good
My poor heart is sentimental, not made of wood
I got it bad and that ain't good

But when the weekend's over and monday rolls around
I end up like i start out, just cryin' my heart out

Doesn't love me like i love her, no, nobody could
I got it bad and that ain't good

Like a lonely weepin' willow who's lost in the wood
I got it bad and that ain't good
And the things i tell my pillow, nobody should
I got it bad, i got i bad, and it's no good

Though folks with good intentions, they tell me to save up my
tears
I'm glad i'm mad about her, i can't live without her

Lord above, make her love me the way that she should
I got it bad and that ain't good

I got it bad and that ain't good
No good
No good
No good
No good


5.I Got Plenty Of Nothing

Writer(s):heyward/gershwin/gershwin

I got plenty of nothing
And nothing's plenty for me
I got no car - got no mule
I got no misery

Folks with plenty of plenty
They've got a lock on the door
Afraid somebody's gonna rob 'em
While there out (a) making more - what for

I got no lock on the door - that's no way to be
They can steal the rug from the floor - that's ok with me
'cause the things that i prize - like the stars in the skies -
are all free

I got plenty of nothing
And nothing's plenty for me
I got my gal - got my song
(i) got heaven the whole day long

- got my gal - got my love - got my song


6.I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan

I guess i'll have to change my plan
I should have realized there'd be another man
I overlooked that point completely
Until the big affair began

Before i knew where i was at
I found myself upon the shelf and that was that
I tried to reach the moon but when i got there
All that i could get was the air

My feet are back upon the ground
I lost the one girl i'd found


Before i knew where i was at
I found myself upon the shelf and that was that
I tried to reach the moon but when i got there
All that i could get was the air

My feet are back upon the ground
I lost the one girl
The one girl i'd found

My boiling point is much too low
For me to try to be a fly lothario


7.I Wish I Were In Love Again

Writer(s):rodgers/hart

The sleepless nights - the daily fights
The quick toboggan - when you reach the heights
I miss the kisses - and i miss the bites
I wish i were in love again

The broken dates - the endless waits
The lovely loving - and the hateful hates
The conversation - with the flying plates
I wish i were in love again

No more pain - no more strain
Now i'm sane - but i would rather be punched - drunk

The pulled out fur - of cat and cur
The fine mismating - of a him and her
I've learned my lesson - but i wish i were
In love again

The furtive sigh - the blackened eye
The words: 'i love you - 'til the day i day'
The self deception - that believes the lie
I wish i were in love again

When love congeals - it soon reveals
The faint aroma - of performing seals
The double-crossing - of a pair of heals
I wish i were in love again

No, no more care - no, no despair
Now i'm all there (now) - but i'd rather be puncdrunk

Believe me sir - i much prefer
The classic battle - of a him and her
I don't like quiet - and i wish i were
In love again - in love again - in love again


8.I Won't Dance

I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance madame with you
My heart won't let me feet do things that they sould do

You know what, you're lovely you know what, you're so lovely
And you know what you do to me
I'm like an ocean wave that's bumped on the shore
I feel so absolutely stumped on the floor

When you dance, you're chairming and you're gentle
Specially when you do the continental
But this feeling isn't purely mental
For heaven rest us, i'm not asbestos
And that's why i won't dance, why sould i?

I won't dance, how could i?
I won't dance, merçi beacoup

I know that music lead the way to romance
So if i hold you in arms i won't dance

I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance madame with you
My heart won't let me feet do things that they want to do

You know what, you're so lovely, ring a ding-ding, you're lovely
And you know what you do to me
I'm like an ocean wave that's bumped on the shore
I feel so absolutely stumped on the floor

When you dance, you're chairming and you're gentle
Specially when you do the continental
But this feeling isn't purely mental
For heaven rest us, i'm not asbestos
And that's why i won't dance, i won't dance

I won't dance, merçi beacoup
I know that music lead the way to romance

So if i hold you in arms i won't dance


9.Lady Is A Tramp, The

Writer(s):rodgers/hart

She gets too hungry, for dinner at eight
She loves the theater, but doesn't come late
She'd never bother, with people she'd hate
That's why the lady is a tramp

Doesn't like crap games, with barons and earls
Won't go to harlem, in ermine and pearls
Won't dish the dirt, with the rest of those girls
That's why the lady is a tramp

She loves the free, fresh wind in her hair
Life without care
She's broke, but it's o'k
She hates california, it's cold and it's damp
That's why the lady is a tramp

Doesn't like dice games, with sharpies and frauds
Won't go to harlem, in lincolns or fords
Won't dish the dirt, with the rest of those broads
That's why the lady is a tramp


10.Lonesome Road, The

Writer(s):austin/shilkret

Look down - look down
That lonesome road
Before you travel on

Look up - look up
And seek your maker
Before (mr.) gabriel blows his horn

(i'm) weary (of) toting - such a (heavy) load
Trudging down - the (that) lonesome road

Look down - look down
That lonesome road
Before (before) you travel on

True love - true love
What have i done
That you should treat me so

You - caused me
To walk and talk
Like i never did before

(i'm) weary (of) toting - such a (heavy) load
Trudging down - the (that) lonesome road

Look down - look down (look down - look down)
That lonesome road
Before (before) you (decide to) travel on


11.Nice Work If You Can Get It

Writer(s):author; gershwin/gershwin

Verse:

The man who only lives for making money
Lives a life that isn't necessarily sunny
Likewise the man who works for fame
There's no guarantee that time won't erase his name
The fact is, the only work that really brings enjoyment
Is the kind that is for girl and boy meant
Fall in love and you won't regret it
That's the best work of all, if you can get it

Chorus:

Holding hands at midnight
'neath a starry sky
Nice work if you can get it
And you can get it if you try
Strolling with the one girl
Sighing sigh after sigh
Nice work if you can get it
And you can get it if you try

Just imagine someone
Waiting at the cottage door
Where two hearts become one
Who could ask for anything more?
Loving one who loves you
And then taking that vow
It's nice work if you can get it
And if you get it, won't you tell me how?


12.Night And Day

Writer(s):cole porter

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 shower is through
So a voice within me keeps repeating you, you, you

Night and day, you are the one
Only you beneath 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 longing for you follows wherever i go
In the roaring 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 yearning burning inside of me
And this torment won't be through
Until you let me spend my life making love to you

Day and night, night and day


13.No One Ever Tells You

No one ever tells you what's like to love and lose,
How it feels to waken and have breakfast with the blues,
How to go on living, how to face another day,
No one ever tells you the way.
No one ever tells you how it feels to walk alone,
Listening for those footsteps through the echo of your own.
Suddenly it hits you all those dreams not worth a dime,
Cause no one ever tells you in time.
Long before the icy winds of winter,
Autumn tells the swallows, time to fly,
Why did she pretend till the bitter end
Till it broke my heart to say goodbye.
And no one ever tells you that it's just another fling
No one ever warns you when your heart begins to sting
Someone tells you later all is fair in love and war,
But no one ever tells you before.
(instrumental)
No one ever tells you that it's just another fling,
No one ever warns you when your heart begins to sting
Someone tells you later all is fair in love and war,
But no one ever tells you before.
It never comes easy, no one ever tells you before.


14.Oh! Look At Me Now

I'm not the guy who cared about love
And i'm not the guy who cared about fortunes and such
I never cared much
Oh, look at me now!

I never knew the technique of kissing
I never knew the thrill i could get from your touch
I never knew much
Oh, look at me now!

I'm a new man better than casanova at his best
With a new heart and a brand new start
Why i'm so proud i'm bustin' my vest

So i'm the guy who turned out a lover
Yes i'm the guy who laughed at those blue diamond rings
One of those things
Oh, look at me now!

I'm not the guy who cared about love
And i'm not the guy who cared about fortunes and such
I never cared much
Oh, look at me now!

And i never knew the technique of kissing
I never knew the thrill i could get form your touch
I never knew much
Oh, look at me now!

I'm a new man better than casanova at his very best
With a new heart and a brand new start
I'm so proud i'm bustin' my vest

So i'm the guy who turned out a lover
Yes i'm the guy who laughed at those blue diamond rings
One of those things
Oh, look at me now!
Look at me now!


15.Stars Fell On Alabama

Writer(s):parish/perkins

We lived our little drama
We kissed in a field of white
And stars fell on alabama
Last night

I can't forget the glamour
Your eyes held a tender light
While (and) stars fell on alabama (fractured 'bama)
Last night

I never planned in my imagination
A situation - so heavenly
A fairy land where no one else could enter
And in the center - just you and me

My heart beat (just) like a hammer
(my) arms wound around you tight
And (while) stars fell on alabama
Last night


16.You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

Writer(s):comden/green/styne

Verse:

It's not that you're fairer
Than a lot of girls just as pleasin'
That i doff my hat
As a worshipper at your shrine
It's not that you're rarer
Than asparagus out of season
No, my darling, this is the reason
Why you've got to be mine

Chorus:

You'd be so nice to come to
You'd be so nice by the fire
While the breeze on high, sang a lullaby
You'd be all that i could desire

Under stars chilled by the winter
Under an august moon burning above
You'd be so nice
You'd be paradise, to come home to and love