The Best Of The

Rod Stewart  The Best Of The Lyrics
1.Long Ago And Far Away

Lyricist:Ira GershwinJerome KernBob MannAllan Broadbent
Writer(s):Ira GershwinJerome Kern
Mixing:Allan BroadbentBob Mann

Dreary days are over
Life's a four-leaf clover
Sessions of depression are through
Every hope i longed for long ago comes true

Long ago and far away i dreamed a dream one day
And now that dream is here beside me
Long the skies were overcast
But now the clouds have passed you're here at last

Chills run up and down my spine aladdin's lamp is mine
The dream i dreamed was not denied me
Just one look and then i knew
That all i longed for long ago was you

Chills run up and down my spine aladdin's lamp is mine
The dream i dreamed was not denied me
Just one look and then i knew
That all i longed for long ago was you
That all i longed for long ago was you


2.Someone To Watch Over Me

Lyricist:George GershwinIra GershwinMike ThompsonRichard
PerryLauren WildMort Lindsey
Writer(s):George GershwinIra Gershwin
Mixing:Lauren WildMike ThompsonMort LindseyRichard Perry

There's a somebody I'm longing to see
I hope that she turns out to be
Someone who'll watch over me

I'm a little lamb who's lost in a wood
I know I could always be good
To one who'll watch over me

Although I may not be the man
Some girls think of as handsome
But to her heart
I carry the key

Won't you tell her please to put on some speed
Follow my lead, oh how I need
Someone to watch over me

I'm a little lamb who's lost in a wood
I know I could always be good
To one who'll watch over me

Although I may not be the man
Some girls think of as handsome
But to her heart
I carry the key

And this world would be like heaven, if she'd
Follow my lead, oh how I need
Someone to watch over me
Someone to watch over me


3.They Can't Take That Away From Me

Lyricist:George GershwinIra GershwinRichard PerryWill Hollis
Writer(s):George GershwinIra Gershwin
Mixing:Richard PerryWill Hollis

The way you wear your hat
The way you sip your tea
The memory of all that
No no they can't take that away from me

The way your smile just beams
The way you sing off key
The way you haunt my dreams
No no they can't take that away from me

We may never never meet again, on that bumpy road to love
Still I'll always, always keep the memory of

The way you hold your knife
The way we dance till three
The way you change my life
No no they can't take that away from me
No they can't take that away from me
Yeah yeah yeah

We may never never meet again, on this bumpy road to love
Still I'll always, always keep the memory of

The way you hold your knife
The way we dance till three
The way you change my life
No no they can't take that away from me
No they can't take that away from me
No they can't take that away from me
No they'll never never never never take that away from me
No they can't take that away


4.Beyond The Sea

Lyricist:Jack LawrenceCharles TrenetAlbert LasryRichard PerryMike
ThompsonLauren WildDoug WebbLee ThornburgAlex NavarroAlan
Broadbent
Writer(s):Albert LasryCharles TrenetJack Lawrence
Mixing:Alan BroadbentAlex NavarroDoug WebbLauren WildLee
ThornburgMike ThompsonRichard Perry

Somewhere beyond the sea
Somewhere waiting for me
My lover stands on golden sand
And watches the ships that go sailing.

Somewhere beyond the sea
She's there watching for me
If I could fly like birds on high
Fell straight to her arms I'd go sailing.

It's far beyond the stars
It's near beyond the moon
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will leave me there soon, yeah.

I know beyond a doubt
My heart will leave me there soon, yeah.

We'll meet, I know we'll meet beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailing
And never again I'll go sailing
My heart will leave me
Beyond the sea


5.You'll Never Know

Lyricist:Harry WarrenMack GordonRichard PerryMike ThompsonLauren
Wild
Writer(s):Harry WarrenMack Gordon
Mixing:Lauren WildMike ThompsonRichard Perry

You'll never know just how much I miss you,
You'll never know just how much I care.
And if I tried
I still couldn't hide
My love for you
You ought to know
For haven't I told you so
One million or more times?

You went away and my heart went with you
I speak your name in my every prayer
If there is some other way
To prove that I love you
I swear I don't know how
You'll never know if you don't know now.


6.Time After Time

Lyricist:Sammy CahnJulie StyneRob MathesRob Mounsey
Writer(s):Julie StyneSammy Cahn
Mixing:Rob MathesRob Mounsey

What good are words I say to you?
They can't convey to you what's in my heart
If you could hear instead
The things I've left unsaid

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
Lucky to be loving you


7.I Can't Get Started

Lyricist:Vernon Duke;Ira Gershwin;Bob Mann
Writer(s):Ira GershwinVernon Duke
Mixing:Bob Mann

I've flown around the world in a plane
I've settled revolutions in Spain
The North Pole I have charted
But I can't get started with you
And at the golf course I'm under par
And in Hollywood they wants me to star
I've got a house and a show place
But I can't get no place with you

You're so supreme
The lyrics I write of you
Scheme just for the sight of you
Dream, both day and night of you
But what good does it do
In nineteen ninety-nine, I sold short
In England, I'm presented at court
Yeah you've got me so down-hearted
'Cause I'll never get started with you

You're so supreme
The lyrics I write of you
Scheme just for the sight of you
Dream, both day and night of you
But what, what good does it do
I've been consulted by Hilary C.
And Tina Turner had me to tea
But now I'm broken hearted
Cause I can't get started with you
Yeah I'm broken hearted
Cause I can't get started with you


8.The Way You Look Tonight

Lyricist:Jerome KernDorothy FieldsBob Mann
Writer(s):Dorothy FieldsJerome Kern
Mixing:Bob Mann

Someday, when I'm awfully low
When the world is cold
I will feel a glow
Just thinking of you
And the way you look tonight

You're so lovely
With your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft
There is nothing for me
But to love you
And the way you look tonight

With each word your tenderness grows
Tearing my fears apart
And that laugh
That wrinkles your nose
It touches my foolish heart

Yes you're lovely,
Never, ever change
Keep that breathless glow
Won't you please arrange it
'Cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight

With each word your tenderness grows
Tearing my fears apart
And that laugh
That wrinkles your nose
It touches my foolish heart

Yes you're lovely,
Never, never change
Keep that breathless charm
Won't you please arrange it
'Cause I love you
Just the way you look to-night
Just the way you look to-night
Just the way you look to-night


9.Bye Bye Blackbird

Lyricist:Mort DixonRay Henderson;Richard PerryMike ThompsonLauren
WildDoug WebbLee ThornburgAlex NavarroAlan Broadbent
Writer(s):Mort DixonRay Henderson
Mixing:Alan BroadbentAlex NavarroDoug WebbLauren WildLee
ThornburgMike ThompsonRichard Perry

Blackbird, blackbird singing the blues all day
Right outside of my door
Blackbird, blackbird gotta be on my way
Where there's sunshine galore

Pack up all my care and woe
Here I go, singing low
Bye bye blackbird
Where somebody waits for me
Sugar's sweet, so is she
Bye bye blackbird.

No one here can love and understand me
Oh, what hard luck stories they all hand me
Make my bed and light the light
I'll arrive late tonight
Blackbird, bye bye, yeah yeah.

Bluebird, bluebird calling me far away
I've been waiting for you
Bluebird, bluebird, this is my lucky day
Now my dreams will come true.

So pack up all my care and woe
Here I go, singing low
Bye bye blackbird
Where somebody waits for me
Sugar's sweet, so is she
Bye bye blackbird.

No one here can love or understand me
Oh, what hard luck stories they all hand me
So make my bed and light the light
I will come late tonight
Blackbird, bye bye
Blackbird, bye bye
Blackbird, bye bye.


10.These Foolish Things

Lyricist:Jack StracheyHolt MarvellDoug Katsaros
Writer(s):Holt MarvellJack Strachey
Mixing:Doug Katsaros

A cigarette that bears a lipsticks 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 fairgrounds painted swing
These foolish things remind me of you

You came, you saw and 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
Or how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you

The scent of smoldering leaves
The vail of steamers
Two lovers on their street
Who walk like dreamers
Or how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you

How strange, how sweet, to find you still
These things are dear to me, they seem to bring you so near to
me
The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations,
Silk stockings thrown aside, dance invitations
Or how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you


11.But Not For Me

Lyricist:George GershwinIra GershwinBob Mann
Writer(s):George Gershwin
Mixing:Bob Mann

Old Man Sunshine, listen, you,
Never tell me dreams come true,
Just try it, and I'll start a riot,
Oprah Winfrey don't you dare,
Ever tell me she will care,
I'm certain, it's the final curtain.

I never want to hear from any cheerful Pollyannas,
Who tell you fate supplies a mate, it's all bananas.

They're writing songs of love
But not for me
A lucky star's above
But not for me

With love to lead the way
I've found more clouds of gray
Than any Russian play
Could guarantee

I was a fool to fall
And get that way
Hi ho! Alas!
And also, lackaday!

Although I can't dismiss
The memory of her kiss
I guess
She's not for me

It all began so well
But what an end
This is the time
A fellow needs a friend

The climax of the plot
Should be a marriage knot
But there's
No knot for me

Although I can't dismiss
The memory of her kiss
I guess
She's not for me


12.What A Wonderful World

Lyricist:George David WeissRobert ThieleBob Mann
Writer(s):George David WeissRobert Thiele
Mixing:Bob Mann

I see trees of green red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And i think to myself what a wonderful world!

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day and the dark sacred night
And i think to myself what a wonderful world!

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people goin' by
I see friends shakin' hands sayin' 'how do you do?'
They're really sayin' 'i love you'

I hear babies cryin' i watch them grow
They'll learn much more than i'll ever know
And i think to myself what a wonderful world!

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of all the people goin' by
I see friends shakin' hands sayin' 'how do you do?'
They're really sayin' 'i love you'

I heard my babies cryin' and i watch them grow
They'll learn much more than i've ever ever known
And i think to myself it's a wonderful world!

I think to myself what a wonderful world!
What a wonderful world!
And i think to myself what a wonderful world!


13.My Foolish Heart

Lyricist:Victor YoungNed WashingtonRichard PerryLauren WildDoug
WebbLee ThornburgAlex NavarroAlan Broadbent
Writer(s):Ned WashingtonVictor Young
Mixing:Alan BroadbentAlex NavarroDoug WebbLauren WildLee
ThornburgRichard Perry

The night is like a lovely tune
Beware my foolish heart
How white the ever constant moon
Take care my foolish heart.

There's a line between love and fascination
That's so hard to see on an evening such as this
For they give the very same sensation
When you are lost in the passion of a kiss.

For your lips are much too close to mine
Beware my foolish heart
But should our eager lips combine
Then let the fire start.

For this time it isn't fascination
Or a dream that will fade and fall apart
It's love this time it's love my foolish heart.

There's a line between love and fascination
That's so hard to see on an evening such as this
For they give the very same sensation
When you are lost in the passion of a kiss oh yeah.

Your lips are much too close to mine
Beware my foolish heart
But should our eager lips combine
Then let the fire start.

For this time it isn't fascination
Or a dream that will fade and fall apart
It's love this time it's love my foolish heart


14.I'll Be Seeing You

Lyricist:Sammy FainIrving KahalDon Sebesky
Writer(s):Irving KahalSammy Fain
Mixing:Don Sebesky

Cathedral bells were tolling
and our hearts sang on
Was it the spell of Paris,
or the April dawn?
Who knows if we shall meet again
but when the morning chimes
ring sweet again...

I'll be seeing you
In all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
All day through

In that small cafe
The park across the way
The children's carousel
The chestnut tree
The wishing well

I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way

I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you

I'll be seeing you
In all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
All day through

In that small cafe
The park across the way
The children's carousel
The chestnut tree
The wishing well

I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way

I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you