INDIAN SUMMER
Tommy Dorsey
- words by Al Dubin, Music by Victor Herbert
- written in 1919 as a piano piece subtitled "An American Idyll"
- lyrics added in 1939
Summer, you old Indian Summer
You're the tear that comes after June time's laughter
You see so many dreams that don't come true
Dreams we fashioned when Summertime was new
You are here to watch over
Some heart that is broken
By a word that somebody left unspoken
You're the ghost of a romance in June going astray
Fading too soon, that's why I say
"Farewell to you Indian Summer"
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In The Still Of The Night
Tommy Dorsey
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
In the still of the night,
As I gaze from my window,
At the moon in it's flight,
My thoughts all stray to you.
In the still of the night,
While the world is in slumber,
Oh, the times without number,
Darling, when I say to you;
Do you love me as I love you?
Are you my life to be,
My dream come true?
Or will this dream of mine
Fade out of sight
Like the moon, growing dim,
On the rim of a hill
In the chill, still of the night?
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IN THE BLUE OF EVENING
The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Written by: Thomas Montgomery Adair and Alfonso D'Artega
#1 week of August 21, 1943 through week of September 4, 1943
In the blue of evening
When you appear close to me, dear one,
There in that dusk we'll share a dream reverie.
In the blue of evening
While crickets call and stars are falling
There â'neath the midnight sky you'll come to me.
In the shadows of the night we'll stand
I'll touch your heart and then
Softly as your lovely eyes entreat
Our lips will meet again.
In the blue of evening
Night winds above whisper "I love you"
Then we will find romance
In the blue of evening.
Transcribed by: Samantha Stevens
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YOU
Tommy Dorsey
My darling, I'm lonely, now that you're gone.
Please come back to me.
You are the answer to my prayer, I want to love you
And I swear to live my life with one desire, you.
I believed the sweet things that you said.
You lied to me and instead,
You broke my heart. You, yes, you.
My darling, come back and stay with me. I live just for you.
We'll be so happy together. Please come back to me.
It isn't right, You'll never know. I am so sad.
Why did you go? You broke my heart. You, yes, you.
Imagination
Artist: Frank Sinatra w/Tommy Dorsey Orchestra-from the CD "Tommy Dorsey
and Frank Sinatra-Stardust" (Bluebird 61073-2)
Words and Music by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke
(instrumental opening-complete verse, chorus, and verse)
Imagination is funny, it makes a cloudy day sunny
Makes a bee think of honey just as I think of you
Imagination is crazy, you whole perspective gets hazy
Starts you asking a daisy what to do, what to do
CHORUS:
Have you ever felt a gentle touch and then a kiss and then, and then
Find it's only your imagination again, oh well
Imagination is silly, you go around willy-nilly
For example I go around wanting you
And yet I can't imagine that you want me too
(instrumental close-final 3-line verse)
Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz
ronhontz
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YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY
Tommy Dorsey
You must have been a beautiful baby.
You must have been a beautiful child.
Why, when you were only starting to go to kindergarten,
I'll bet you drove the little boys wild.
And when it came to winning blue ribbons,
I'll bet you showed the other kids how.
I can see the judge's eyes
As he handed you the prize.
I'll bet you made the cutest bow.
Oh, you must have been a beautiful baby
'Cause, baby, look at you now.
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YOU LEAVE ME BREATHLESS
Tommy Dorsey
You leave me breathless, you heavenly thing,
You look so wonderful, you're a breath out of spring
You leave me speechless, I'm just like the birds,
I'm filled with melody, but at a loss for words,
That little grin of yours, that funny chin of yours
Does so much to my heart.
Oh! Give your lips to me dear darling,
That would be the final touch to my heart.
You leave me speechless, I'm just like say,
I can't say any more
Because you take my breath away
YOU COULDN'T BE CUTER
Tommy Dorsey
You couldn't be cuter,
Plus that you couldn't be smarter,
Plus that intelligent face you have
A disgraceful charm for me
You couldn't be keener,
You look so fresh from the cleaner
You are the little grand slam
I'll bring to my family
My ma will show you an album of me
That I'll bore you to tears
And you'll attract all the relatives
We have dodged for years and years
And what'll they tell me?
Couldn't be sweeter couldn't be better
They'll say you couldn't be nicer
Exactly, what'll they tell me?
Couldn't be smoother,
Couldn't be surer than you are!
YOU AND I KNOW
Tommy Dorsey
You and I know love has found us
Why does my heart beat now?
Why is the world sweet now?
You and I know
There is a glow all around us,
Like a new dawn breaking
Is it romance waking?
You and I know
Oh! This ecstasy, that makes me cry
It will stay with me until I die
Easy to see we were fated never to be lonely
Love such as this only you and I know
This Love of Mine
Tommy Dorsey
Words by Frank Sinatra and music by Sol Parker and Henry Sanicola.
Introduced by Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, vocal by Frank Sinatra.
This love of mine goes on and on,
Tho' life is empty since you have gone.
You're always on my mind, tho' out of sight,
It's lonesome thru the day,
But oh! the night.
I cry my heart out, it's bound to break,
Since nothing matters, let it break.
I ask the sun and the moon,
The stars that shine,
What's to become of it,
This love of mine.
From: Gloria "Montcomags"
THIS IS NO DREAM
Tommy Dorsey
This is no dream
That's what my heart keeps saying
This is no dream, this is real
Stars dance above,
Heavenly music's playing
This must be love the way I feel,
Here you are in all your loveliness;
This moment is divine, darling.
Your eyes just beam telling me loves old story;
This is no dream, you're really mine
This Is It
Tommy Dorsey
Music by Arthur Schwartz
This is it, my great romance,
I want to hang on to this one big chance.
You're mine , my loneliness dies,
I Feel fine with stars in my eyes.
Oh, it builds me up to such a height
To know this is so very real and right,
And I thought love passed me by.
But I must admit this is it.
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There Are Such Things
Frank Sinatra
From the CD "Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra-Stardust"
Words and Music by Stanley Adams, Abel Baer, and George W Meyer
A heart that's true, there are such things
A dream for two, there are such things
Someone to whisper "Darling you're my guiding star"
Not caring what you own but just what you are
A peaceful sky, there are such things
A rainbow high where heaven sings
So have a little faith and trust in what tomorrow brings
You'll reach a star because there are such things
Take Me Back To My Boots and Saddle
Tommy Dorsey
Take me back to my boots and saddle.
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh,
Let me see that gen'ral store,
Let me ride that range once more,
Give me my boots and saddle.
Let me ramble along the prairie.
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh,
Ropin' steers on old "Bar X"
With my buddies, Slim and Tex,
Give me my boots and saddle.
Got a hankerin' to be with a banjo on my knee
Strummin' a pretty western tune.
There's a gal in Cherokee
And she's waitin' there for me,
Waitin' beneath a Texas moon.
So take me back to my boots and saddle.
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh,
Let me greet each blazin' morn,
On the ranch where I was born,
Give me my boots and saddle.
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh.
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TAKE ME
Tommy Dorsey
Take me, I'm yours if you'll take me;
Please darling, awake me,
And set my heart aflame.
Hear me, I'm pleading for your love
I'm so hungry for love,
Can't you feel the same?
I don't ask for guarantee,
Promise me not a thing,
All I ask is won't you please
Let me hear angels sing.
Take me, "tho you may forsake me, who cares
If you take me, and love me tonight
I Should Care
-Artist: Nat King Cole
-Words and Music by Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, and Paul Weston
-from the film "Thrill Of A Romance" starring Esther Williams and Van Johnson
-charted in 1945 by Frank Sinatra (#8), Martha Tilton (#10), Tommy Dorsey (#11),
-and Jimmy Dorsey (#13).
I should care, I should go around weeping
I should care, I should go without sleeping
Strangely enough, I sleep well
'cept for a dream or two
But then I count my sheep well
Funny how sheep can lull you to sleep
So I should care, I should let it upset me
I should care but it just doesn't get me
Maybe I won't find someone as lovely as you
But I should care and I do
A SINNER KISSED AN ANGEL
Tommy Dorsey
Stars in the sky were dancing
One night perfect for romancing
The night a sinner kissed an angel
He wanted thrills she wanted love
Oh, but his sighs were tender
As he begged her to surrender
The night a sinner kissed an angel
And she believed that is was love
How was she to know that every lovely vow
Was part of the game he was playing
But to his surprise he realized
Somehow he meant every word he was saying
Yes, miracles can happen
I know, cause I saw one happen
That night a sinner kissed an angel
That was the night I fell in love.
Satan Takes A Holiday
Tommy Dorsey
by Larry Clinton
Stop, look, and listen to me,
Last night at a quarter past three
The Devil started dancin'
He was entrancin'
hen he did the "Jangle: his own way
His bones were rattlin' loudly,
As he began to shuffle proudly,
That's the way that Satan takes a holiday
The music wasn't good,
But it was plenty spooky,
That 's the way he likes it night and day
Teh gentleman prefers to listen
To aggravatin' rhythm
That's the way Satan takes a holiday.
Watch out, He's comin' out,
And then you'll shout unless you're good, knock wood.
He's really rather goofy tryin' to be spooky,
But he has to do it day by day
His job is not allurin' never-the-less quite endurin'
Maybe that's why Satan takes a holiday
From: "David B Voss"
Once In A While
Tommy Dorsey
Written by Michael Edwards and Bud Green
Peaked at # 1 for 7 weeks in 1937
Competing version charted by Horace Heidt (#2)
Charted again in 1938 by Louis Armstrong (# 15)
Charted again in 1952 by Doris Day (#9)
Charted in 1961 as "Once In Awhile" by The Chimes at #11
Once in a while will you try to give one little thought to me
Though someone else maybe nearer your heart
Once in a while will you dream of the moments I shared with you,
Moments before we two drifted apart.
In love's smoldering ember, one spark may remain,
If love still can remember the spark may burn again.
I know that I'll be contented with yesterday's memory,
Knowing you think of me once in a while.
ON TREASURE ISLAND
Tommy Dorsey
I sailed away to Treasure Island
And my heart stood still
When I landed on the silvery shore
We met that day on Treasure Island
And the smile you gave
Was the treasure I'd been craving for.
Then came those moments of bliss
In the shade of the sheltering palms,
I still remember your kiss
As you nestled within my arms,
I looked for gold on Treasure Island
And I found that gold
When you gave your golden love to me.
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OH YOU CRAZY MOON
Tommy Dorsey
When they met, the way they smiled,
I saw that I was thru
Oh you crazy moon, what did you do?
When they kissed, they tried to say
That it was just in fun,
Oh you crazy moon, look what you've done.
Once you promised me, you know,
That it would never end.
You should be ashamed to show
Your funny face, my friend;
There they are, they fell in love,
I guess you think you're smart
Oh you crazy moon, you broke my heart
I Dream Of You
Johnny Mathis
Written by Marjorie Goetschius and Edna Osser
This version not released as a single but
In 1944, it was charted at #5 by Andy Russell
In 1945, three versions charted: Tommy Dorsey (#4), Frank Sinatra (#7), and Perry
Como (#10)
INTRO:
You're completely unaware, dear, that my heart is in your hand
So for love's sake won't you listen and try to understand?
I dream of you more than you dream I do
How can I prove to you this love is real?
You mean to me more than you mean to be
You just can't seem to see the way I feel
When I am close to you the world is far away
The words that fill my heart my lips can't seem to say
I want you so more than you'll ever know
More than you dream I do, I dream of you
I want you so more than you'll ever know
More than you dream I do, I dream of you
NOW IT CAN BE TOLD
Tommy Dorsey
Now it can be told
Told in all its glory
Now that we have met,
The world may know the sentimental story
The greatest romance they ever knew
Is waiting to unfold
Now it can be told
As an inspiration
Ev'ry other tale of "Boy Meets Girl"
Is just an imitation
The great love story has never been told before,
But now, now it can be told
Nevada
Tommy Dorsey
Composers are Walter Donaldson and Mort Greene
We lived a dream by a cool mountain stream in Nevada
Millions of stars were exclusively ours that night.
You were a part of my heart in the heart of Nevada
Two lips devine were exclusively mine that night.
There on a hilltop with nothing but heaven around us
We lost ourselves in a heavenly moonbeam till sunrise found us.
We fell in love oh so madly in love in Nevada
We lived a dream by a cool mountain stream that night.
From: "Clint Gorman"
MY OWN
Tommy Dorsey
My own let me call you my own
Let me make you a part of the song in my heart
Alone I'm just living in vain
Ev'rything that I do is depending on you
Show me a sign of your longing for me
Say you are mine and forever that you will be my own
Ev'ry dream I have known has been built of but one desire
Just to call you my own
MUSIC, MAESTRO, PLEASE!
Tommy Dorsey
- words by Herb Magidson, music by Allie Wrubel
A table near the band
A small one
Some cigarettes, a drink
Yes, a tall one
And, waiter, I could use
A chaser for my blues
Tonight I mustn't think of her
Music, maestro, please!
Tonight
Tonight I must forget
How much I need her
So, Mister Leader
Play your lilting melodies
Ragtime, jazztime, swing
Any old thing
To help me ease the pain
That solitude can bring
She used to like waltzes
So please don't play a waltz
She danced divinely
And I loved her so
But there I go
Tonight I mustn't think of her
No more memories
Swing out
Tonight I must forget
Music, maestro, please!
THE MUSIC GOES ROUND AND ROUND
Tommy Dorsey
I blow thru here
The music goes 'round and around
Whoa-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho
And it comes out here
I push the first valve down
The music goes down and around
Whoa-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho
And it comes out here
I push the middle valve down
The music goes down around below
Below, below, deedle-dee-ho-ho-ho
Listen to the jazz come out
I push the other valve down
The music goes 'round and around
Whoa-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho
And it comes out here
The Most Beautiful Girl In the World
Frank Sinatra
Written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
This version not released as a single but
In 1952 it became Ted Straeter's theme song as he hit # 27.
In 1953 Tommy Dorsey put it at # 21
From the Broadway musical "Jumbo"
The most beautiful girl in the world
Picks my ties out
She eats my candy
She drinks my brandy
The most beautiful girl in the world
The most beautiful star in the world
'tisn't Garbo
Isn't Dietrich
But a sweet trick
Who can make me believe it's a beautiful world
Social ? Not a bit
Natural kind of wit
She'd shine anywhere
And she hasn't got platinum hair
The most beautiful house in the world
Has a mortgage
What do I care ?
It's "Good-bye, care"
When my slippers are next to the ones that belong
To the one and only beautiful girl in the world
More And More
Tommy Dorsey
Music by Jerome Kern Lyrics ?
From Can't Help Singing
More and more this heart of mine confesses;
More and more I'm caught in your caresses.
Warmed by the breath of your sighs;
Cooled by the blue of your eyes.
More and more I Find it more than thrilling
To share this dream that needed fulfilling.
More and more I'm less and less unwilling
To give up wanting more and more of you.
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Marie, the dawn is breaking Marie, we'll soon be
waiting To find your heart is aching And tears will fall
as you recall
The moon in all its splendor Your kiss so very
HOW ABOUT YOU
Tommy Dorsey
I like New York in June, how about you?
I like a Gershwin tune, how about you?
I love a fireside when a storm is due,
I like potato chips, moonlight
And motor trips, how about you?
I'm mad about good books, can't get my fill
And Franklin Roosevelt's looks give me a thrill,
Holding hands in a movie show
When all the lights are low may not be new
But I like it, how about you.
HAVE YOU GOT ANY CASTLE BABY
Tommy Dorsey
Have you got any castles
That you want me to build baby
Have you got any dragons
That you want to have killed, baby?
I'll get into my seven league boots
I'll get into my bulletproof suits
I'll get out my revolver that shoots
And rat-a-tat-tat-tat-at
Down they'll go
Have you got any mortgages
You want to have paid, baby?
Have you got any villains
That you want to have laid to rest?
After all my adventures are through
And I bring home a dragon or two
You can tell all the papers
That I did it because I love you
DON'T EVER CHANGE
Tommy Dorsey
Don't ever change,
Just stay the way you are tonight
You're just exactly right, sweetheart
Don't ever change,
Let's live and love and go along,
Let's keep ou5r lives a song, sweetheart.
Oh, I would rather see the ocean
Change its motion, and cease to flow
I'd rather see the showers change
The flowers, so they won't grow;
Don't ever change in anything you say or do
Just be the same sweet you, sweetheart
Do I Worry?
Tommy Dorsey
Music and Lyrics by Stanley Cowan and Bobby Worth
(He):
Do I worry
â'Cause you're steppin' out?
Do I worry
â'Cause you've got me in doubt?
Do I give a bag o' beans?
Do I stay home every night
And read my magazines?
Am I frantic
â'Cause we've lost the spark?
Is there panic
When it starts turning dark?
And when evening shadows creep,
Do I lose any sleep over you?
Do I worry?
You can bet your life I do.
(She):
Do I worry
When your old flame calls?
Do I worry
If Niag'ra falls?
Though I know you like to flirt,
Do you think I really care?
Are my feelings really hurt
When you return a stare?
Am I curious
When the gossip flies?
Am I furious
â'Bout your little white lies?
And when all our evenings end
"Cause you've got a sick friend who needs you,
Do I worry?
You know doggone well I do!
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The Dipsy Doodle
Tommy Dorsey
The dipsy doodle is the thing to beware
The dipsy doodle will get in your hair
And if it gets you, it couldn't be worse
The things you say will come out in reverse
Like "You love I and me love you!"
That's the way the dipsy doodle works.
You can't eat, you can't sleep. You go crazy.
You're just a victim of the dipsy doodle
And it's not your mind that's hazy
It's your heart that's at fault - not your noodle.
You better listen and try to be good
And try to do all the things that you should
The dipsy doodle will get you some day
And when it gets you the things you will say
Like the moon jumped over the cow - hey diddle!
That's the way the dipsy doodle works.
From: Virginia Taylor - vtaylor1
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DAYBREAK
Tommy Dorsey
Daybreak, another new day,
The mist on the meadow is drifting away
For it's daybreak, the sun's in the sky now
And flowers break through their blanket of dew.
Sunrise, how lovely it seems
To see from my window, a sky full of dreams
As the white clouds sail on through the blue,
At daybreak I daydream of you
Alone
Alone with a sky of romance above
Alone
Alone on a night that was meant for love
There must be someone waiting
Who feels the way I do
Whoever you are, are you, are you...
Alone
Alone on this night that we two could share
Alone
Alone with your kiss that could make me care
And when you come I'll promise to be your very own
Alone
Alone with a heart meant for you
Alone.
ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
Tommy Dorsey
- words by Oscar Hammerstein II
- music by Jerome Kern
You are the promised kiss of springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song
You are the angel glow that lights a star
The dearest things I know are what you are
Some day my happy arms will hold you
And some day I'll know that moment divine
When all the things you are, are mine
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ALL I REMEMBER IS YOU
Tommy Dorsey
I don't remember the day we met;
Time and places are hazy yet'
I've forgotten just where, but you were there,
Was it summer, were stars aglow,
When we parted so long ago?
I've forgotten, it's true,
All I remember is you
Let's Get Away From It All
Tommy Dorsey
Music and Lyrics by Matt Dennis and Tom Adair
Let's take a boat to Bermuda,
Let's take a plane to Saint Paul,
Let's take a kayak to Quincy or Nyack,
Let's get away from it all.
Let's take a trip in a trailer,
No need to come back at all.
Let's take a powder to Boston for chowder,
Let's get away from it all.
We'll travel â'round from town to town,
We'll visit ev'ry state,
Alaska and Hawaii too,
Then all the forty eight.
Let's go again to Niag'ra
This time we'll visit the "Fall."
Let's leave our hut,Dear,
Get out of this rut, Dear,
Let's get away from it all.
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THE LAMP IS LOW
Tommy Dorsey
Lyric: Mitchell Parish
Music: Peter De Rose & Bert Shefter
Dream beside me in the midnight glow
The lamp is low
Dream and watch the shadows come and go
The lamp is low
While you linger in my arms
My lips will sigh "I love you so"
Dream the sweetest dream we'll ever know
Tonight the moon is high
The lamp is low
From: "John Kenny"
Just As Though You Were Here
Tommy Dorsey with vocal by Frank Sinatra
Written by Eddie DeLange and John Benson Brooks
Peaked at # 6 in 1942
I've Got My Eyes On You
Tommy Dorsey
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
From: (Andy Hardy's- Private Secretary)
I've got my eyes on you,
So best beware where you roam.
I've got my eyes on you,
So don't stray too far from home.
Incidentally
I've set my spies on you,
I'm checking all you do
>From a to zee.
So, darling, just be wise,
Keep your eyes on me.
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IT'S ALWAYS YOU
Tommy Dorsey
Whenever it's early twilight
I watch till a star breaks through.
Funny it's not a star I see,
It's always you.
Whenever I roam through roses,
And lately I often do,
Funny it's not a rose I touch,
It's always you
If a breeze caresses me,
It's really you strolling by,
If I hear a melody,
It's merely the way you sight
Wherever you are, you're near me,
You dare me to be untrue,
Funny, each time I fall in love
It's always you
Yes Indeed
Tommy Dorsey
Him: Yes, indeed!
[Long instrumental break]
Chorus: Yes, indeed!
Chorus: Yes, indeed!
Him: Get to makin' with the jive, boy
You'll shout when it hits you
Her: Yes indeed
Him: Yes yes
Yes you'll shout when it hits you
Her: Yes indeed
Him: When the spirit moves you you'll shout hallelujah
Her: I mean
Him: When it it hits you you'll holler
Her: Yes indeed
Him: Yes yes
Her: It comes out if it's in you, yes indeed
Him: Yes indeed
Her: Makes you shout, Jack, it sends you
Yes indeed
Him: Well let me hit you
Him: When the jive starts jumping you'll shout
Her: Let me in there
Him: Well all right now
When it hits you you'll holler
Her: Yes indeed
Him: Yes indeed
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We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me)
The Ink Spots
Words and Music by Dick Robertson and Sammy Mysels
-From "the Ink Spots Greatest Hits": MCA Records
-MCAD 31347
-peak Billboard position #1 for 3 weeks in 1940-41
We three, we're all alone
Living in a mem-o-ry
My echo, my shadow, and me
We three, we're not a crowd
We're not even company
My echo, my shadow, and me
What good is the moonlight
The silvery moonlight that shines above?
I walk with my shadow
I talk with my echo
But where is the one I love?
We three, we'll wait for you
Even till eter-ni-ty
My echo, my shadow, and me
SPOKEN: "We three we're all alone. Seems like we're livin' in a memory. That's my
echo my shadow and me. We three we ain't no crowd. Fact is we ain't even
company. That's my echo my shadow and me. You know I been wonderin'-what good is the
moonlight that silvery moonlight that shines way, way up above? Yeah, I walk with my
shadow, I talk with my echo, but where is that gal that I love?"
We three, we'll wait for you
Even till eter-ni-ty
My echo, my shadow, and me
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: It is reported that the sheet music starts with:
HERE WE GO A-GAIN JUST REM-I-NISC-ING,
DREAM-ING OF YES-TER-DAY,
AND THE JOYS WE'RE MISS-ING
but The Ink Spots did not sing this intro.
Oh, Look at Me Now
Tommy Dorsey
Music and Lyrics byJoe Buskin and John De Vries
Him: I'm not the guy who cared about love
And I'm not the guy who cared about fortunes and such
Never cared much
Her: Oh look at you now
Him: I never knew the technique of kissing'
I never knew the thrill I could get from your touch
Never know much
Her: Oh look at you know
Her: You're a new man, better than
Casanova at his best
Him: With a new heart, a brand-new start
I'm so proud I'm bustin' my vest
Her: So you're the guy who turned out a lover
Him: Yes I'm the guy who laughed at those blue diamond rings
One of those things
Her: But look at you now
Chorus: He's not the guy who cared about love
And he's not the guy who cared about fortunes and such
Cared about much
But look at him now
Him: I'm a lover
Chorus: He never knew the technique of kissing'
He never knew the thrill he could get from her touch
Never knew much
But look at him now
Him: Man, I've really come on
Her: He's a new man, better than
Girls: Casanova at his best, bra-da
Her: With a new start, a brand-new heart
Men: He's so proud he's bustin' his vest
Chorus: So he's the guy who turned out a lover
So he's the guy who laughed at those blue diamond rings
One of those things
Him: But look at me now
Chorus: He's a new man, better than
Casanova at his best
He's got some new jive and it's really fine
Him: Boy, I'm so proud I'm bustin' my vest
Chorus: He's a lover, Yes, we know he's a lover, yes
Him: I laughed at those blue diamond rings
Just one of those things
Chorus: But look at him now
Him: Jack, I'm ready!
Chorus: Look at him now!
Lyrics provided by Betty E. Fisher (berfisher
aol.com)
LOVELY LADY
Tommy Dorsey
Lovely lady I'm falling madly in love with you
It's a feeling beyond concealing
What can I do?
Take my heart it's yours alone
To keep forever
Lovely lady, I'm falling madly in love with you
I'LL BE SEEING YOU
The Ink Spots/Bing Crosby
(Irving Kahal / Sammy Fain)
- This version, by The Ink Spots, did not chart but
in 1944, Bing Crosby took it to # 1 and Tommy Dorsey managed # 4
- Bing recorded "I'll Be Seeing You" Feb. 17, 1944. It entered the charts two
months later, where it stayed for 24 weeks, topping the charts for 4 weeks.
- Introduced in the revue "Right This Way" and sung therein by Tamara.
Adopted by Liberace as his theme song.
I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces all day through
In that small caf, the park across the way
The children's carousel, the chestnut trees, 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 mornin' sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you
------ instrumental break ------
I'll find you in the mornin' sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you
I CAN DREAM, CAN'T I?
The Andrews Sisters
- words by Irving Kahal, music by Sammy Fain
- introduced in the 1938 musical "Right This Way" by a singer known
as Tamara. This was the same musical that featured "I'll Be Seeing You"
which went on to become a World War II standard.
- lyrics as recorded July 15, 1949 by The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins
and His Orchestra. Lead vocal by Patty Andrews with Maxene and Laverne on
backup vocals.
(dream on, dream on)
I can see
No matter how near you'll be
You'll never belong to me
But I can dream, can't I?
Can't I pretend that I'm locked in the bend of your embrace?
For dreams are just like wine
And I am drunk with mine
I'm aware
My heart is a sad affair
There's much disillusion there
But I can dream, can't I?
Can't I adore you
Although we are oceans apart?
I can't make you open your heart
But I can dream, can't I?
I'm aware
My heart is a sad affair
There's much disillusion there
But I can dream, can't I?
Can't I adore you
Although we are oceans apart?
I can't make you open your heart
But I can dream, can't I?
(dream on, dream on, dream on)
Our love, I feel it everywhere through the night time
It is the message of the breeze
Our love is like an evening prayer
I can hear it in every whisper of the trees
And so you're always near to me
Wherever you may be
I see your face in stars above as I dream on
Grab your coat, don't forget your hat
But leave your worries, leave 'em on the doorstep
Life's sweet, just direct your feet
To the sunny, sunny side of the street
Ba, ba-ba, du-ba, that, pitter-pat
You know, that happy tune is my step
Life's so reap, if you dig that beat
On the sunny, sunny side of the street
Used to walk in the shade
With my blues on parade
While the crackle man
Gettin' stuck in the shade
Get hip, don't be afraid
Move it all over
Kill yourself in the culvert
Only live for a friend who cares
Rich as Rockefeller
Can't be beat
Gold dust, round my feet
what is this thing called love
this funny thing
called love
oh who can solve its mystery
why should it make
a fool of me?
I saw you there
one wonderful day
you took my heart
and threw it away
thats why I ask the lord
in heaven above
what is this thing
I'll never smile again
Until I smile at you
I'll never laugh again
What good would it do?
For tears would fill my eyes
My heart would realize
That our romance is through
I'll never love again
I'm so in love with you
I'll never thrill again
To somebody new
Within my heart
I know I will never start
To smile again, until I smile at you
Within my heart
I know I will never start
To smile again, until I smile at you
(instrumental)
They asked me how I knew
My true love was true
I, I of course replied
"Something here inside
Cannot be denied," oh no
They said, "Someday you'll find
All who love are blind"
When your heart's on fire
You must realize
Smoke gets in your eyes.
So I chaffed them, and I gaily laughed
To think they could doubt my love
Yet today, my love has flown away
I am without my love.
Now laughing friends deride
Tears I cannot hide,
So I smile and say
"When a lovely flame dies
And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we're apart
You wander down the lane and far away
Leaving me a song that will not die
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
The music of the years gone by
Sometimes I wonder why I spend
The lonely night dreaming of a song
The melody haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
When our love was new
And each kiss an inspiration
But that was long ago
Now my consolation
Is in the stardust of a song
Beside a garden wall
When stars are bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale tells his fairy tale
A paradise where roses bloom
Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain
My stardust melody
OUR LOVE
Tommy Dorsey
- words and music by Larry Clinton, Buddy Bernier and Bob Emmerich
Our love
I feel it everywhere
Through the nighttime
It is the message of the breeze
Our love
Is like an evening prayer
I can hear it
In every whisper of the trees
And so you're always near to me
Wherever you may be
I see
Your face in stars above
As I dream on
In all the magic of
Until there are no stars to shine
There’s no such thing as time
I’ll love but you.
Until there are no songs to sing
There’s no such thing as spring
I’ll love but you.
You were sent from heaven just for me
And you were oh! So heavenly
Until there is no moon above
There’s no such thing as love
I’ll love but you
(Orchestral Interlude)
You were sent from heaven just for me
And you were oh! So heavenly
Until there is no moon above
There’s no such thing as love
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