Fifteen Seconds of Grace

Victoria Clark Fifteen Seconds of Grace Lyrics
1.Right as The Rain

Lyricist:Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg

Right as the rain
That falls from above
So real, so right
Is our love

It came like the spring
That breaks through the snow
I can't say what it may bring
I only know, I only know

It's right to believe
Whatever gave your eyes this glow
Whatever gave my heart this song
Can't be wrong

It's right as the rain
That falls from above
And fills the world with the bloom
Of our love

I only know it's right to believe
Whatever gave your eyes this glow
Whatever gave my heart this song
Can't be wrong

It's right as the rain
That falls from above
And fills the world with the bloom
Of our love

As rain must fall
And day must dawn
This love, this love
Must go on


2.Something's Gotta Give

Lyricist:Johnny Mercer

When an irresistible force such as you
Meets an old immovable object like me
You can bet as sure as you live
Something's gotta give, something's gotta give
Something'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 gonna be kissed

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

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

So en garde, who knows what the fates have in store
From their vast mysterious sky
I'll try hard ignoring those lips 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 as sure as we live
Something's gotta give, something's gotta give

Something's gotta give, something's gotta give
Something's gotta give
Something's gotta give, something's gotta give
Something's gotta give


3.Before The Parade Passes By

Lyricist:Jerry Herman

Before the parade passes by
Before it all moves on and only I'm left
Before the parade passes by
I've gotta get in step while there's still time left
I'm ready to move out in front
Life without life has no reason or rhyme left

With the rest of them
With the best of them
I wanna hold my head up high
For I need got a goal again
I need got a drive again
I wanna feel my heart coming alive again
Before the parade passes by

Before the parade passes by
I'm gonna go and taste Saturday's high life
Before the parade passes by
I'm gonna get some life back into my life
I'm ready to move out in front
I've had enough of just passing by life

With the rest of them
With the best of them
I can hold my head up high
For I've got a goal again
I've got a drive again
I'm gonna feel my heart coming alive again
Before the parade passes by

Listen and hear that brass harmony growing
Look at the crowd up ahead
Pardon me if my old spirit is showing
All of those lights over there
Seem to be telling me where I'm going

When the whistles blow
And the cymbals crash
And the sparklers light the sky
I'm gonna raise the roof
I'm gonna carry on
Give me an old trombone
And give me an old baton
Before the parade passes by


4.It Might Be You

Lyricist:A Bergman, M Bergman, D Grusin

Time, I've been passing time
Watching trains go by
All of my life lying on the sand
Watching seabirds fly

Wishing there would be
Someone waiting home for me

Something's telling me it might be you
It's telling me it might be you
All of my life

Looking back as lovers go walking past
All of my life
Wondering how they met
And what makes it last

If I found the place
Would I recognize the face?

Something's telling me it might be you
It's telling me it might be you

So many quiet walks to take
So many dreams to wake
And we've so much love to make

I think we're gonna need some time
Maybe all we need is time
And it's telling me it might be you
All of my life

I've been saving love songs and lullabies
And there's so much more
No one's ever heard before

Something's telling me it might be you
Yeah, it's telling me it must be you
And I'm feeling it'll just be you
All of my life

It's you, it's you
I've been waiting for all of my life
It's you, it's you
I've been waiting for all of my life


5.The Red Dress

Lyricist:Ricky Ian Gordon, Dorothy Parker

I always saw, I always said
If I were grown and free
I'd buy a gown of reddest red
As fine as you could see

To wear out walking, sleek and slow
Upon a summer's day
And there'd be one to see me so
And flip the world away

And he would be a gallant one
With stars behind his eyes
And hair like metal in the sun
And lips too warm for lies

I always saw us gay and good
High honored in the town
Now I am grown to womanhood
I have the silly gown


6.How Can I Keep From Singing?

Lyricist:Robert Lowry, Anna Warner

My life flows on in endless song
Above earth's lamentation
I hear the clear though far off hymn
That hails a new creation

No storm can shake my inmost calm
While to that rock I'm clinging
Since love is lord of heaven and earth
How can I keep from singing?

Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear that music ringing
It finds an echo in my soul
How can I keep from singing?

No storm can shake my inmost calm
While to that rock I'm clinging
Since love is lord of heaven and earth
How can I keep from singing?

How can I keep from singing?