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Matt dennis / tom adair Black cats creep across my path Until i’m almost mad I must have ‘roused the devil’s wrath ’cause all my luck is bad I make a date for golf and you can bet your life it rains I try to give a party and the guy upstairs complains I guess [...]
Haven gillespie / j. fred coots You go to my head 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 [...]
Nick kenney / charles f. kenney / c. todd / b. todd Don’t mind the rain drops Wait till the rain stops Smile through your tears, laughing at liife No road is lonely, if you will only Lose all your blues laughing at life Live for tomorrow, be happy today Laugh all your sorrows away [...]
Dorothy fields / jimmy mchugh Grab your coat and get your hat Leave your worry on the doorstep Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street Can’t you hear a pitter-pat And that happy tune is your step Life can be so sweet On the sunny side of the street I used [...]
Kurt weill / ogden nash Speak low when you speak, love Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon Speak low when you speak, love Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we’re swept apart, too soon Speak low, darling, speak low Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon [...]
Ted Koehler Jimmy McHugh Music everywhere, feet are pattin’ Puttin’ tempo in old Manhattan Everybody is out high hattin’ Spreadin’ rhythm around Everywhere you go trumpets are blarin’ Drums and saxophones rip and tearin’ Everybody you meet is rarin’ Spreadin’ rhythm around Up in Harlem in every flat they give it that zing Which according [...]
Roy turk / fred e. ahlert You’re mean to me Why must you be mean to me? Gee, honey, it seems to me You love to see me cryin’ I don’t know why I stay home each night When you say you phone You don’t and i’m left alone. Sing the blues and sighin’ You [...]
Al dubin / harry warren My love must be a kind of blind love, I can’t see anyone but you And dear, i wonder if you find love, An optical illusion, too? Are the stars out tonight? I don’t know if it’s cloudy or bright cause i only Have eyes for you. The moon may [...]
Lew brown /sammy stept / charles tobias Comes rain, put your rubber on your feed Comes a snow, you can get a little heat Comes love, nothing can be done Comes a fire, you know what to do Blow a tyre, buy another shoe Comes love, nothing can be done Don’t try hiding, cause there [...]
Leonard bernstein So you cry What’s it about, baby? You ask why Blues had to go and pick you So you go Down to the shore, kid’s stuff Don’t you know There’s honey in the store for you, big stuff Let’s take a ride on my gravy train The door open wide So you stare [...]
It’s too hot for words Why bother with conversation Don’t let’s talk or even walk If you want to make love, okay It’s too hot for words There’s nothing like relaxation Can’t ignore this temperature But if you want to make love, okay Let’s find a cozy nook Beside a babbling brook Let’s find a [...]
Don’t lose your head Then lose your guy You can’t lose a broken heart If you ever break up Then try to make up It’s tough to make a brand new start Take a walk Think it over While strolling neath the moon Don’t say things in December You’ll regret in June Ware your remark [...]
Sigmund romberg / oscar hammerstein ii You went away I let you We broke the ties that bind I wanted to forget you And leave the past behind Still, the magic if the night i met you Seems to stay forever in my mind The sky was blue And high above The moon was new [...]
Peter tinturin What shall i say When our neighbours want us to come to tea? They don’t know you’re not with me What shall i say? What shall i say When the phone rings and someone asks for you They don’t know i ask for you too What shall i say? How can i hide [...]
Ann ronell Willow weep for me Willow weep for me Bent your branches down along the ground and cover me Listen to my plea Hear me willow and weep for me Gone my lovely dreams Lovely summer dreams Gone and left me here To wheep my tears along the stream Sad as i can be [...]
Gus kahn / franz waxman Who wants love? Love is a joy we borrow Pay back in tears tomorrow So who wants love? Who wants love? Something to fill your heart with So very soon to part with So who wants love? Love is a dream of weaving Moonbeams in patterns rare Love is a [...]
Billie holiday / curtis r. lewis Hey fat daddy make up your mind ’cause i’ve been waiting such a long, long time Now baby or never ’cause i been so good to you Now baby or never ’cause i’ve been so lonesome, too Now baby or never if i mean anything to you Now baby [...]
Harry akst / grant clarke It was a morning, long before dawn Without a warning i found he was gone How could he do it Why should he do it He never done it before Am i blue Am i blue Ain’t these tears, in these eyes telling you How can you ask me "am [...]
Charles Tobias Paul Rusincky (W. Edward Breuder?) I can’t pretend I’m sorry we’re apart I can’t pretend I just can’t fool my heart Though I make mine My friends all seem to realize Their smiles, that look in my eye I can’t pretend I simply can’t be gayer For in the end My tears give [...]
Herman hupfeld You must remember this A kiss is still a kiss A sigh is just a sigh The fundamental things apply As time goes by And when two lovers woo They still say i love you On that you can rely No matter what the future brings As time goes by Moonlight and lovesongs [...]