Sinatra 80th-all The Best

Writer(s): reid


I'm walking behind you - on your wedding day
And i'll here you promise - to love and obey
Though you may forget me - you're still on my mind
Look over your shoulder - i'm walking behind

Maybe i'll kiss again - with a love that's new again
But i shall wish again - i was kissing you

'cause i'll always love you - where ever you go
And though we are parted - i want you to know
That if things go wrong dear - and fate is unkind
Look over your shoulder - i'm walking behind

Writer(s): kennedy/carr


South of the border - down mexico way
That's where i fell in love, where the stars above - came out to play
And now as i wander - my thoughts ever stray
South of the border - down mexico way

She was a picture - in old spanish lace
Just for a tender while, i kissed a smile - upon her face
'cause it was fiesta - and we were so gay
South of the border - mexico way

Then she smiled as she whispered "manjanna"
Never dreaming that we were parting
Then i lied as a whispered "manjanna"
'cause our tomorrow never came

South of the border - i jumped back one day
There in a veil of white, by the candle light - she knelt to pray
The mission bells told me (ding-dong) - that i musn't stay
South of the border - mexico way

i've got you under my skin
I've got you deep in the heart of me
So deep in my heart, that you're really a part of me
I've got you under my skin

I've tried so not to give in
I've said to myself this affair never will go so well
But why should i try to resist, when baby will i know than well
That i've got you under my skin

I'd sacrifice anything come what might
For the sake of having you near
In spite of a warning voice that comes in the night
And repeats, repeats in my ear

Don't you know you fool, you never can win
Use your mentality, wake up to reality
But each time i do, just the thought of you
Makes me stop before i begin
'cause i've got you under my skin

those fingers in my hair
That sly come hither stare
That strips my conscience bare
It's witchcraft

And i've got no defense for it
The heat is too intense for it
What good would common sense for it do

'cause it's witchcraft, wicked witchcraft
And although, i know, it's strictly taboo

When you arouse the need in me
My heart says yes indeed in me
Proceed with what your leading me to

It's such an ancient pitch
But one i wouldn't switch
'cause there's no nicer witch than you

Writer(s): mercer/arlen


My mama done tol' me, when i was in knee-pants
My mama done tol' me, " son a woman'll sweet talk"
And give ya the big eye, but when the sweet talkin's done
A woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night

Now the rain's a-fallin', hear the train's a-callin, "whooee!"
(my mama done tol' me) hear dat lonesome whistle blowin' 'cross the trestle, "whooee!"
(my mama done tol' me) a-whooee-ah-whooee ol' clickety-clack's a-echoin' back th' blues in the night
The evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin' and the moon'll hide its light when you get the blues in the night
Take my word, the mockingbird'll sing the saddest kind o' song, he knows things are wrong, and he's right

From natchez to mobile, from memphis to st. joe, wherever the four winds blow
I been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk, but there is one thing i know
A woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night

My mama was right, there's blues in the night.

Writer(s): fischer


Chicago, chicago that toddling town
Chicago, chicago i'll show you around - i love it
Bet your bottom dollar you'll lose the blues in chicago
The town that billy's sunday could not shut down

On state street that great street i just want to say
They do things that they don't do on broadway - say
They have the time the time of their life
I say a man and he danced with his wife
In chicago, my home town

Writer(s): cahn/van heusen


When somebody loves you
It's no good unless he loves you - all the way
Happy to be near you
When you need someone to cheer you - all the way

Taller than the tallest tree is
That's how it's got to feel
Deeper than the deep blue see is
That's how deep it goes - if its real

When somebody needs you
It's no good unless he needs you - all the way
Through the good or lean years
And for all the in between years - come what may

Who know where the road will lead us
Only a fool would say
But if you'll let me love you
It's for sure i'm gonna love you - all the way, all the way

Writer(s): cole porter


I love paris in the spring time
I love paris in the fall
I love paris in the summer when it sizzles
I love paris in the winter when it drizzles

I love paris every moment
Every moment of the year
I love paris, why oh why do i love paris
Because my love is here

Writer(s): harold arlen/t. koehler


I've got the world on a string
I'm sitting on a rainbow
Got the string around my finger
What a world, what a life - i'm in love

I've got a song that i sing
I can make the rain go
Any time i move my finger
Lucky me, can't you see - i'm in love

Life's a wonderful thing
As long as i hold the string
I'd be a silly so-and-so
If i should ever let her go

Writer(s): cahn/styne


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

Writer(s): cahn/van heusen


Today i may not have a thing at all
Except for just a dream or two
But i've got lots of plans for tomorrow
And all my tomorrows belong to you

Right now it may not seem like spring at all
We're drifting and the laughs are few
But i've got rainbows planned for tomorrow
And all my tomorrows belong to you

No one knows better than i
That luck keeps passing me by ... that's fate
But with you there at my side
I'll soon be turrning the tide ... just wait

As long as i've got arms that cling at all
It's you that i'll be clinging to
And all the dreams i dream, beg, or borrow
On some bright tomorrow they'll all come true

And all my bright tomorrows belong to you

Writer(s): myrow/gordon


You make me feel so young
You make me feel like spring has sprung
Every time i see you grin
I'm such a happy individual

The moment that you speak
I want to go and play hide-and-seek
I want to go and bounce the moon
Just like a toy balloon

You and i, are just like a couple of tots
Running across the meadow
Picking up lots of forget-me-nots

You make me feel so young
You make me feel there are songs to be sung
Bells to be rung, and a wonderful fling to be flung

And even when i'm old and gray
I'm gonna feel the way i do today
'cause you make me feel so young

Writer(s): cahn/van heusen


Next time your found, with your chin on the ground
There a lot to be learned, so look around

Just what makes that little old ant
Think he'll move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant, can't
Move a rubber tree plant

But he's got high hopes, he's got high hopes
He's got high apple pie, in the sky hopes

So any time your gettin' low
'stead of lettin' go
Just remember that ant
Oops there goes another rubber tree plant

When troubles call, and your back's to the wall
There a lot to be learned, that wall could fall

Once there was a silly old ram
Thought he'd punch a hole in a dam
No one could make that ram, scram
He kept buttin' that dam

'cause he had high hopes, he had high hopes
He had high apple pie, in the sky hopes

So any time your feelin' bad
'stead of feelin' sad
Just remember that ram
Oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam

All problems just a toy balloon
They'll be bursted soon
They're just bound to go pop
Oops there goes another problem kerplop

No one ever tells you what's like to love and lose,
How it feels to waken and have breakfast with the blues,
How to go on living, how to face another day,
No one ever tells you the way.
No one ever tells you how it feels to walk alone,
Listening for those footsteps through the echo of your own.
Suddenly it hits you all those dreams not worth a dime,
Cause no one ever tells you in time.
Long before the icy winds of winter,
Autumn tells the swallows, time to fly,
Why did she pretend till the bitter end
Till it broke my heart to say goodbye.
And no one ever tells you that it's just another fling
No one ever warns you when your heart begins to sting
Someone tells you later all is fair in love and war,
But no one ever tells you before.
(instrumental)
No one ever tells you that it's just another fling,
No one ever warns you when your heart begins to sting
Someone tells you later all is fair in love and war,
But no one ever tells you before.
It never comes easy, no one ever tells you before.

Have you heard?
The coast of maine just got caught in a hurricane?
Well did you evah?
What a swell party this is!
Have you heard that poor dear blanche got run down by an avalanche?
Well, did you evah?
What a swell party this is!
What daiquiris!
What sherry, please!
What burgundy!
What pommery!
Have you heard?
Professor munch ate his wife and divorced his lunch?
Well, did you evah?
What a swell party this is!
Missus smith in her new hup crossed the bridge when the bridge was up,
Well, did you evah?
What a swell part this is!
What brandy, wow!
What whiskey, here's how!
What gin and what beer,
Will you sober up, dear?

Writer(s): cahn/van heusen


You see a pair of laughing eyes
And suddenly your sighing sighs
You're thinking nothing's wrong
You string along, boy, then snap!

Those eyes, those sighs, they're part of the tender trap

You're hand in hand beneath the trees
And soon there's music in the breeze
You're acting kind of smart, until your heart just goes wap!

Those trees, that breeze, they're part of the tender trap

Some starry night, when her kisses make you tingle
She'll hold you tight, and you'll hate yourself for being single

And all at once it seems so nice
The folks are throwing shoes and rice
You hurry to a spot, that's just a dot on the map

You're hooked, you're cooked, you're caught in the tender trap

Some starry night, when her kisses make you tingle
She'll hold you tight, and you'll hate yourself for being single

And all at once it seems so nice
The folks are throwing shoes and rice
You hurry to a spot that's just a dot on the map

And then you wonder how it all came about
It's too late now there's no gettin' out
You fell in love, and love is the tender trap

Writer(s): rodgers/hart


She gets too hungry, for dinner at eight
She loves the theater, but doesn't come late
She'd never bother, with people she'd hate
That's why the lady is a tramp

Doesn't like crap games, with barons and earls
Won't go to harlem, in ermine and pearls
Won't dish the dirt, with the rest of those girls
That's why the lady is a tramp

She loves the free, fresh wind in her hair
Life without care
She's broke, but it's o'k
She hates california, it's cold and it's damp
That's why the lady is a tramp

Doesn't like dice games, with sharpies and frauds
Won't go to harlem, in lincolns or fords
Won't dish the dirt, with the rest of those broads
That's why the lady is a tramp

Writer(s): cahn/reardon


Went to see a movie show
Found myself an empty row
Thought the show was just alright
Same old saturday night

Then i made the usual stop
Coffee at the coffee shop
Friendly face nowhere in sight
Same old saturday night

I really thought - the papers i bought
Would help me forget you for a while
Believe me honey - the funnies weren't funny
They didn't even make me smile

How i wish you'd lift the phone
Fun is fun - but not alone
'til you let me hold you tight
Same old saturday night

Only your face - can help me erase
That same old saturday night

Writer(s): delores silvers


The tables are empty - the dance floor's deserted
You play the same love song - it's the tenth time you've heard it
That's the beginning - just one of the clues
You've had your first lesson - in learnin' the blues

The cigarettes you light - one after another
Won't help you forget her - and the way that you love her
You're only burning - a torch you can't lose
But you're on the right track - for learnin' the blues

When you're at home alone, the blues will taunt you - constantly
When you're out in a crowd, the blues will haunt your memory

The nights when you don't sleep - the whole night you're crying
You just can't forget her - soon you even stop trying
You'll walk the floor - and wear out your shoes
When you feel your heart break - you're learnin' the (those) blues

Writer(s): porter


Verse:

My story is much to sad to be told
But practically everything leaves me totally cold
The only exception i know is the case
When i'm out on a quiet spree, fighting vainly the old ennui
Then i suddenly turn and see
Your fabulous face

Chorus:

I get no kick from champagne
Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all
So tell me why should it be true
That i get a kick out of you

Some like the perfume from spain
I'm sure that if i took even one sniff
It would bore me terrifically too
But i get a kick out of you

( some like the bop-type refrain )
( i'm sure that if, i heard even one riff )
( it would bore me terrifically too )
( but i get a kick out of you )

( some they may go for cocaine )
( i'm sure that if, i took even one sniff )
( it would bore me terrifically too )
( but i get a kick out of you )

I get a kick every time i see you standing there before me
I get a kick though it's clear to see, you obviously do not adore me

I get no kick in a plane
Flying too high with some gal in the sky
Is my idea of nothing to do
But i get a kick out of you