The Quintessential - Volume 1

Sherman / lewis / marqusee

It's like reaching for the moon
It's like reaching for the sun
It's like reaching for the stars
Reaching for you

You're so far above me
How can i expect than an angel to
It's so refined as you are

It's like flying without wings
Playing fiddle without strings
And a million other things
No one can do
No, my hopes are slender
In my secret heart i pray you'll surrender soon
No, it's like reaching for the moon

Arthur freed / burton lane

Somebody thrills the skies
When she looks in your eyes
Guess who?
Guess who?
Somebody longs to be part
Of the song in your heart
Guess who? guess who?
Whose heart is sure to melt like butter
The moment that you utter
"i do" "i do"
Oh it's as plain as can be
That the someone is me
So you don't have to
Guess who

George and ira gershwin / dubose heyward

Summertime and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is fine
Oh your daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'
So hush little baby, don't you cry

One of these mornings
You're goin' to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take the sky
But till that morning
There's a nothin' can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin' by

Harold adamson / walter donaldson

Did i remember to tell you i adore you
And i am livin' for you alone
Did i remember to say
I'm lost without you
And just how mad about you i've grown
You were in my arms
And that was all i knew
We were alone, we two
What did i say to you
Did i remember to tell you i adore you
And pray forevermore you'll be mine

Harry tobias / ingraham

No regrets
Although our love affair has gone astray
No regrets
I know i'll always care though you're away
So now our happy romance ended suddenly
Still in my heart you'll be forever mine
No regrets
Because somebody new looks good to you
No regrets
Sweetheart no matter what you say or do
I know our love will linger
When the other love forgets
So i say goodbye with no regrets

No regrets
Because somebody new looks good to you
No regrets
Sweetheart no matter what you say or do
I know our love will linger
When the other love forgets
So i say goodbye with no regrets

Jack strachey / harry link / holt marvell / eric maschwitz

A cigarette that bares a lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
Still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you.
A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumblin'words
That told you what my heart meant
A fair ground painted swings
These foolish things remind me of you.

You came, you saw, you conquered me
When you did that to me
I knew somehow this had to be
The winds of march that made my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but who's to answer
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you

Arthur johnston / sonny burke

When we're in a friendly situation
My conversation may not be smart
But if we're to have a perfect understanding
Let's call a heart a heart
There are words that should be whispered gent@y
That's evidently the way to start
If i tell you what my dreams have been demanding
Let's call a heart a heart

Can i prove how i yearn
Just by the turn of a phrase
Can i keep my control
When all my soul is aflame
Maybe we'd call a true confession
And in discretion on someone's part
But if i'm to say how madly i adore you
Let's call a heart a heart

Dorothy fields / jerome kern

A fine romance, with no kisses
A fine romance, my friend this is
We should be like a couple of hot tomatoes
But you're as cold as yesterday's mashed potatoes
A fine romance, you won't nestle
A fine romance, you won't wrestle
I might as well play bridge
With my old maid aunt
I haven't got a chance
This is a fine romance

A fine romance, my good fellow
You take romance, i'll take jello
You're calmer than the seals
In the arctic ocean
At least they flap their fins
To express emotion
A fine romance with no quarrels
With no insults and all morals
I've never mussed the crease
In your blue serge pants
I never get the chance
This is a fine romance