unknown

As sung by nat king cole
Words by gus kahn and music by walter donaldson
Sung in the file "whoopee" by eddie cantor
A #4 hit for ted weems in 1930
A # 29 hit for the hi-los in 1954


My baby don't care for shows, my baby don't care for clothes,
My baby just cares for me.
My baby don't care for furs and laces,
My baby don't care for high-toned places,
My baby don't care for rings or other expensive things,
She's sensible as can be.
My baby don't care who knows it,
My baby just cares for me.

(instrumental interlude)

My baby's no crosby fan, dick tracy is not her man,
My baby just cares for me.
My baby don't care for mr. tibbits,
She'd rather have me around to kibbitz.
Roy rogers is not her style, and even clark gable's smile
Is something that she can't see.
(oh, you lucky so-and-so)
I wonder what's wrong with baby,
My baby just cares for me.

(bob russell, carl sigman)


Dance, ballerina, dance
And do your pirouette in rhythm with your achin' heart.
Dance, ballerina, dance
You mustn't once forget a dancer has to dance the part.


Whirl, ballerina, whirl
And just ignore the chair that's empty in the second row.
This is your moment, girl,
Although he's not out there applauding as you steal the show.


Once you said his love must wait its turn
You wanted fame instead.
I guess that's your concern,
We live and learn.


And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career, you can't afford a backward glance.
Dance on and on and on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As 'round and 'round you go
So ballerina, dance
Dance, dance!




Whirl, ballerina!




Once you said his love must wait its turn,
You wanted fame instead.
I guess that's your concern,
We live and learn.


And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career, you can't afford a backward glance
Dance on and on and on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As 'round and 'round you go
So ballerina, dance!


Dance!

(don george, nathaniel cole)


Wa-oo-oo, wa-oo-oo,
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay...
Wa-oo-oo, wa-oo-oo,
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay...


Sittin' by de ocean
Me heart, she feel so sad,
Sittin' by de ocean,
Me heart, she feel so sad...
Don't got de money
To take me back to trinidad.


Fine calypso woman,
She cook me shrimp and rice,
Fine calypso woman,
She cook me shrimp and rice...
Dese yankee hot dogs
Don't treat me stomach very nice.


In trinidad, one dollar buy
Papaya juice, banana pie,
Six coconut, one female goat,
An' plenty fish to fill de boat.


One bushel bread, one barrel wine,
An' all de town, she come to dine.
But here is bad, one dollar buy
Cup of coffee, ham on rye.


Me throat she sick from necktie,
Me feet hurt from shoes.
Me pocket full of empty,
I got calypso blues.


Dese yankee girl give me big scare,
Is black de root, is blonde de hair.
Her eyelash false, her face is paint,
And pads are where de girl she ain't!


She jitterbug when she should waltz,
I even think her name is false.
But calypso girl is good a lot,
Is what you see, is what she got.


Sittin' by de ocean
Me heart, she feel so sad,
Sittin' by de ocean,
Me heart, she feel so sad...
Don't got de money
To take me back to trinidad.


Wa-oo-oo, wa-oo-oo,
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay...
Wa-oo-oo, wa-oo-oo,
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay...


(repeat chant to fade)

(harold arlen, billy rose, e. y. harburg)


Said it is only a paper moon
Sailing over a cardboard sea,
But it wouldn't be make believe
If you believed in me.


Say it is only a canvas sky
Hanging over a muslin tree,
But it wouldn't be make believe
If you believed in me.


Without your love,
It's a honky-tonk parade.
Without your love,
It's a melody played in a penny arcade.


It's a barnum and bailey world,
Just as phony as it can be,
But it wouldn't be make believe
If you believed in me.


~interlude~


Without your love,
It's a honky-tonk parade.
Without your love,
It's a melody played in a penny arcade.


It's a barnum and bailey world
Just as phony as it can be,
But it wouldn't be make believe
If you believed in me.

(words and music by rose, jolson & desilva)
This lyrics are like performed by natalie cole

I found my love in avalon beside the bay
I left my love in avalon and sailed away
I dream of her and avalon from dusk 'til dawn
And so i think i'll travel on to avalon

Nat king cole
(cole porter)
("can-can")

Every time i look down on this timeless town
Whether blue or gray be her skies.
Whether loud be her cheers or soft be her tears,
More and more do i realize:

I love paris in the springtime.
I love paris in the fall.
I love paris in the winter when it drizzles,
I love paris in the summer when it sizzles.

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

(words & music by lerner & loewe)
This lyrics are like performed by natalie cole

What a day this has been
What a rare mood i'm in
Why, it's almost like being in love

There's a smile on my face
For the whole human race
Why, it's almost like being in love

All the music of life seems to be
Like a bell that is ringing for me
And from the way that i feel
When that bell starts to peal
I would swear i was falling
I could swear i was falling
It's almost like being in love

(harry warren, al dubin)


I walk along the street of sorrow,
The boulevard of broken dreams.
Where gigolo and gigolette
Can take a kiss without regret
So they forget their broken dreams.


You laugh tonight and cry tomorrow,
When you behold your shattered dreams.
And gigolo and gigolette
Awake to find their eyes are wet
With tears that tell of broken dreams.


Here is where you'll always find me,
Always walking up and down.
But i left my soul behind me
In an old cathedral town.


The joy you find here, you borrow,
You cannot keep it long, it seems.
But gigolo and gigolette
Still sing a song and dance along
The boulevard of broken dreams.


~interlude~


Here is where you'll always find me,
Always walking up and down.
But i left my soul behind me
In an old cathedral town.


The joy you find here, you borrow,
You cannot keep it long, it seems.
But gigolo and gigolette
Still sing a song and dance along
The boulevard of broken dreams.

(irving berlin)


Say it isn't so...
Say it isn't so.
Everyone is saying you don't love me,
Say it isn't so.


Everywhere i go,
Everyone i know
Whispers that you're growing tired of me,
Say it isn't so.


People say that you
Found somebody new,
And it won't be long before you leave me,
Say it isn't true.


Say that everything is still okay,
That's all i want to know.
And what they're saying,
Say it isn't so.


People say passing by
Say he's younger than i
And it won't be long before you leave me,
Tell me it's a lie.


Say that everything is still okay,
That's all i want to know.
And what they're saying,
Say it isn't so.

(peggy lee, victor young)


I went to londontown
To clear up my mind,
Then on to paris
For the fun i couldn't find.
I found i couldn't leave my memories behind.
Where can i go without you?


Tried seeing singapore,
But that wouldn't do.
Went to vienna,
But i found you there, too.
Even in switzerland, your memory came through.
Where can i go without you?


I wanted travel, i wanted romance,
I chased that rainbow across the sea.
I'm tired of faces, and quaint old places
If you can't be there with me.


Back on the boat again
And farewell to france,
Farewell to londontown,
They haven't a chance.
I'll trade the sights i've seen
For just one loving glance.
Where can i go without you?


~interlude~


I'm tired of faces, and quaint old places
If you can't be there with me.


Back on the boat again
And farewell to france,
Farewell to londontown,
They haven't a chance.
I'll trade the sights i've seen
For just one loving glance.
Where can i go without you?

(billy strayhorn)


I used to visit all the very gay places
Those come what may places
Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
To get the feel of life...
From jazz and cocktails.


The girls i knew had sad and sullen gray faces
With distant gay traces
That used to be there you could see where they'd been washed away
By too many through the day...
Twelve o'clock tales.


Then you came along with your siren of song
To tempt me to madness!
I thought for a while that your poignant smile was tinged with the sadness
Of a great love for me.


Ah yes! i was wrong...
Again,
I was wrong.


Life is lonely again,
And only last year everything seemed so sure.
Now life is awful again,
A troughful of hearts could only be a bore.
A week in paris will ease the bite of it,
All i care is to smile in spite of it.


I'll forget you, i will
While yet you are still burning inside my brain.
Romance is mush,
Stifling those who strive.
I'll live a lush life in some small dive...
And there i'll be, while i rot
With the rest of those whose lives are lonely, too..

(frankie laine, fred karger)


You're my magnificent obsession
The greatest wonder on this earth.
The taj mahal and other spendors
To me really have no worth.


You're my magificent possession,
A treasure lent me from above.
As long as i have breath within me,
You'll be my one and only love.


(interlude)


You're my magificent possession,
A treasure lent me from above.
As long as i have breath within me,
You'll be my one and only love.

(jimmy van heusen, johnny burke)


Love is funny, or it's sad,
Or it's quiet, or it's mad.
It's a good thing, or it's bad,
But beautiful...


Beautiful to take a chance
And if you fall, you fall,
And i'm thinking,
I wouldn't mind at all.


Love is tearful, or it's gay,
It's a problem, or it's play.
It's a heartache either way,
But beautiful...


And i'm thinking, if you were mine,
I'd never let you go.
And that would be but beautiful,
I know.


~interlude~


And i'm thinking, if you were mine,
I'd never let you go.
And that would be but beautiful,
That would be but beautiful...
I know.

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position #2 in 1953
-competing versions charted by ralph marterie (6) and eileen barton (#17)
-also charted by tab smith in 1957 (#89)
-also charted in 1959 by carl mann (#57)
-words and music by lew douglas, cliff parman, and frank lavere


Pretend you're happy when you're blue
It isn't very hard to do
And you'll find happiness without an end
Whenever you pretend

Remember anyone can dream
And nothing's bad as it may seem
The little things you haven't got
Could be a lot if you pretend

You'll find a love you can share
One you can call all your own
Just close your eyes, she'll be there
You'll never be alone

And if you sing this melody
You'll be pretending just like me
The world is mine, it can be yours, my friend
So why don't you pretend?

<instrumental interlude>

And if you sing this melody
You'll be pretending just like me
The world is mine, it can be yours, my friend
So why don't you pretend?

(and i'll be there at no particular time)
(pyle/robinson/terker)


Baby, we two can't get along,
I'm never right, you're never wrong.
So meet me at no special place,
And i'll be there at no particular time.


Baby, it just ain't common sense
Mixin' up love with arguments.
So meet me at no special place,
And i'll be there at no particular time.


I'm all fed up on stormy weather,
I'm going where it's june.
Here's hopin' i see you never
'cause if i do, that will be too soon.


Now that i've put my heart on ice,
Missing you will seem paradise.
So meet me at no special place,
And i'll be there at no particular time.


~interlude~


You'd better bring along your glasses
In case i'm hard to find,
You'll wish you could see before you
As clearly as you can see behind.


You can turn back in retropect
Of the times you stuck out your neck.
So meet me at no special place,
And i'll be there at no particular time.


All we do is make up
Then quarrel all over again,
But this is it ~ the breakup
From now on, you knew me when...


So meet me at no special place,
And i'll be there at no particular time!

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 2 in 1955
-words and music by howard barnes, harold cornelius, and dominic john


A blossom fell from off a tree
It settled softly on the lips you turned to me
The gypsies say and i know why
"a falling blossom only touches lips that lie"

A blossom fell and very soon
I saw you kissing someone new beneath the moon
I thought you loved me, you said you loved me
We planned together to dream forever
The dream has ended, for true love died
The night a blossom fell and touched two lips that lied

<instrumental interlude>

A blossom fell and very soon
I saw you kissing someone new beneath the moon
I thought you loved me, you said you loved me
We planned together to dream forever
The dream has ended, for true love died
The night a blossom fell and touched two lips that lied

(d. kahn, s. styme)




This is the end of a beautiful friendship,
It ended a moment ago.
This is the end of a beautiful friendship,
I know,
'cause your eyes told me so.




We've always been
Like sister and brother,
Until tonight,
When we looked at each other.




That was the end of a beautiful friendship,
And just the beginning of love.




~interlude~




That was the end of a beautiful friendship,
And just the beginning of love!

(johnny mercer, victor schertzinger)


Was it in tahiti?
Were we on the nile?
Long, long ago,
Say an hour or so
I recall that i saw your smile.


I remember you,
You're the one who made
My dreams come true
A few kisses ago.


I remember you,
You're the one who said
"i love you, too," i do.
Didn't you know?


I remember, too,
A distant bell,
And stars that fell like rain
Out of the blue.


When my life is through,
And the angels ask me to recall
The thrill of them all,
Then i shall tell them
I remember you.

(robinson, stamford)


Maybe i talk too much,
Maybe i've lost m' touch.
I guess i don't know what's cookin'
'cause i just can't see for lookin'.


Other boys have their chicks,
Two, three, four, five or six.
I don't seem to get a bookin'
'cause i just can't see for lookin'.


I'm kinda crazy,
Like a daisy
Up that well known tree, poor me.
I'm sittin', hopin',
Horoscopin'
Won't some sista take a chance with me?


I've been around the town,
Everyone brings me down.
I give up hope, i'm just a dope.
There ain't no gals for hookin',
I just can't see for lookin'.


~interlude~


I've been around the town,
Everyone brings me down.
I give up hope, i'm just a dope.
There ain't no gals for hookin',
I just can't see for lookin'...




No, just can't see for lookin'...
No, no.

(don redman, andy razaf)


Love makes me treat you the way that i do,
Gee baby, ain't i good to you?
There's nothing in this world too good
For a girl so good and true.
Gee baby, ain't i good to you?


Bought you a fur coat for christmas,
A diamond ring,
A big cadillac car, and everything.
What makes me treat you the way that i do?
Gee baby, ain't i good to you?


~interlude~


Bought you a fur coat for christmas,
A diamond ring,
A big cadillac car, and everything.
What makes me treat you the way that i do?
Gee...


Baby, ain't i good... to you?

(fisher/segal)


I keep goin' back to joe's
To that table in the corner,
Sippin' wine and staring at the door.
Our old waiter knows we're through,
Still he sets a place for you
Everything the way it was before.


I keep goin' back to joe's,
But the man who plays piano
Never plays your favorite melody.
Joe keeps busy at the bar,
Never asks me where you are.
He was there when you walked out on me.


Now i pray you'll walk back in,
And you'll say what fools we've been,
And we'll celebrate a happy new beginning.
Chances are you'll never show,
But you'll know just where to find me
Every night until it's time to close.


Just in case you miss me, too,
I'll be there to welcome you.
That's why i keep going back...
That's why i keep goin' back...
To joe's.

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 23 in 1955
-words and music by hal hester and barry parker


If i find peace of mind in the sand and the sea
There's a hope in my heart that you'll soon be with me
There's a prayer that i share with the sand and the sea
And it cries "come to me, come to me."

As my eyes search the skies from the edge of the shore
You are here in my arms for a moment or more
Then a tear rushes down to the sand and the sea
And it cries "come to me, come to me."

But as long as there's sand, as long as there's sea
As long as there's time i'll wait hopefully
As long as there's heaven up above
Let the sand and the sea bring my love to me

But as long as there's sand, as long as there's sea
As long as there's time i'll wait hopefully
As long as there's heaven up above
Let the sand and the sea bring my love to me

-artist: nat king cole
-words by mack gordon and music by harry warren
-introduced by dick haymes in the 1945 film "diamond horseshoe", also starring
-betty grable and phil silvers
-charted in 1945 by haymes at # 7 and by harry james at #12
-charted in 1966 by chris montez at # 16


Each time i look at you is like the first time
Each time you're near me the thrill is new
And there is nothing that i wouldn't do for
The rare delight of the sight of you for

The more i see you, the more i want you
Somehow this feeling just grows and grows
With every sigh i become more mad about you
More lost without you and so it goes

Can you imagine how much i love you?
The more i see you as years go by
I know the only one for me can only be you
My arms won't free you, my heart won't try

<instrumental interlude>

I know the only one for me can only be you
My arms won't free you, my heart won't try

-artist: nat king cole
-words by ted koehler and music by harold arlen
-title song from the 1933 film, sung by art jarrett and also by ann sothern
-instrumental version by carmen cavallaro appeared in the 1956 film "the eddy
-duchin story"
-charted in 1934 by eddy duchin (#1), fred rich (#8), and harold arlen (#19)
-charted at # 21 in 1967 by peaches and herb


Let's fall in love
Why shouldn't we fall in love?
Our hearts are made of it
Let's take a chance
Why be afraid of it?

Let's close our eyes
And make our own paradise
Little we know of it
Still we can try
To make a go of it

We might have been meant for each other
To be or not to be, let our hearts discover

Let's fall in love
Why shouldn't we fall in love?
Now is the time for it
While we are young
Let's fall in love

We might have been meant for each other
To be or not to be, let our hearts discover

Let's fall in love
Why shouldn't we fall in love?
Now is the time for it
While we are young
Let's fall in love

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 5 in 1958
-words and music by clyde otis, brook benton, and belford hendricks
-also charted by joe simon in 1969 at #70


Looking ba-a-ack over my life
I can see where i caused you strife
But i know, oh yes i know
I'd never make that same mistake again

Looking ba-a-ack over my deeds
I can see signs a wise man heeds
And if i just ha-ad the chance
I'd never make that same mistake again

Once my cup was overflowing
But i gave nothing in retu-u-urn
Now i can't begin to te-ell you
What a lesson i have learned

Looking ba-a-ack over the slate
I can see love turned to hate
But i know, oh yes i know
I'd never make that same mistake again

(clyde otis, kelly owens)


Did you ever
Watch the one you love
Slowly drifting away from you,
And you know
Deep in your heart
There is nothing that you can do
To make her stay (to make her stay),
To turn the tide (to turn the tide),
To ease the pain (to ease the pain)
That you feel down inside?


When her eyes
Say it's over and done,
Then you simply must face the fact.
So you leave and think it over,
But you come hurrying back
Hoping she'll change her mind,
Praying she'll take you back.
But like the lady said,
"that's all there is to that."


(when her eyes
Say it's over and done,
Then you simply must face the fact.)


So you leave and think it over,
But you come hurrying back
Hoping she'll change her mind,
Praying she'll take you back.
But like the lady said,
"that's all there is to that."

(dorothy fields, jimmy mchugh)


Don't blame me
For falling in love with you.
I'm under your spell
But how can i help it?
Don't blame me.


Can't you see
When you do the things you do
If i can't conceal
The thrill that i'm feeling,
Don't blame me.


I can't help it
If that doggone moon above
Makes me need
Someone like you to love.


Blame your kiss
As sweet as a kiss can be,
And blame all your charms
That melt in my arms,
But don't blame me.


(interlude)


Blame your kiss
As sweet as a kiss can be,
And blame all your charms
That melt in my arms,
But don't blame me.


(interlude)


Blame all your charms
That melt in my arms,
But don't blame me.

(louis jordan, timmie rodgers)


Knock me a kiss, you'll never miss
When i'm ready to go.
But if you can't smile and say yes,
Please don't cry and say no!


Squeeze me a squoze in these fine clothes,
Mmmm...i love you so.
But if you can't smile and say yes,
Please don't cry and say no!


When i ask for a date, the answer is no.
You don't know what you're saying.
Don't you know the war's on,
Everything is rationed,
How 'bout that jive, keep me alive?


Baby, let bygones be bygones,
'cause men are scarce as nylons.
And if you can't smile and say yes,
Please don't cry and say no!


~interlude~


Baby, let bygones be bygones,
'cause men are scarce as nylons.
And if you can't smile and say yes,
Please don't cry and say no, no, no, baby
Please don't cry and say no.

(clyde otis, rose marie mccoy)


You used me for a stepping stone
'til something better came along.
Now you've moved along
And left me behind.
I wonder, darling,
Who's next in line?


You left a trail of broken hearts
Torn into a million parts.
How many more
Will crumble like mine?
I wonder, darling,
Who's next in line?


Who will the next fool be?
Who will you kiss,
Like you kissed me?
Who will be next
To look in your eyes,
And believe all your beautiful lies?


I know, my love, the day will come
You'll pay for all,
All the wrong you've done.
You'll meet someone
Who isn't so blind.
My darling, your heart
Is next in line.


My darling, your heart
Maybe next in line.


My darling, your heart
Is next in line.




(repeat to fade)

-artist: nat king cole
-words by ben raleigh and music by bernie wayne
-charted in 1946 by sammy kaye (#3), dinah shore (also #3), andy russell (#4),
-teddy walters (also #4), and the merry macs (#9).
-charted in 1953 at # 22 by the four aces


The crowd sees me out dancing
Carefree and romancing
Happy with my someone new
I'm laughing on the outside
Crying on the inside
'cause i'm still in love with you

They see me night and daytime
Having such a gay time
They don't know what i go through
I'm laughing on the outside
Crying on the inside
'cause i'm still in love with you

No one knows it's just a pose
Pretending i'm glad we're apart
And when i cry, my eyes are dry
The tears are in my heart

My darling, can't we make up?
Ever since our breakup
Make believe is all i do
I'm laughing on the outside
Crying on the inside
'cause i'm still in love

I am still in love with you

(newman/spencer/delange)


Lost april,
Where did you go?
Like winter's snow,
I saw you vanish.
Lost april,
So soft and warm.
A memory
Not even time can banish.


Lost april,
That taught me this.
A single kiss
Could lead to heaven.
But april had numbered days,
So when they passed,
Love couldn't last.
I lost love and you,
And april, too.


~interlude~


So when they passed,
Love couldn't last.
I lost love and you,
And april, too.

(harry warren, mack gordon)


This is our last dance together,
Tonight soon will be long ago.
And in our moment of parting,
This is all i want you to know...


There will be many other nights like this,
And i'll be standing here with someone new.
There will be other songs to sing,
Another fall...another spring...
But there will never be another you.


There will be other lips that i may kiss,
But they won't thrill me,
Like yours used to do.
Yes, i may dream a million dreams,
But how can they come true,
If there will never, ever be another you?


~interlude~


Yes, i may dream a million dreams,
But how can they come true,
If there will never, ever be...
Another you?

(con conrad, gladys dubois, russ columbo, paul gregory)


I can't forget the night i met you,
That's all i'm dreaming of.
Now you call it madness,
But i call it love.


You made a promise to be faithful
By all the stars above.
And now you call it madness,
But i call it love.


My heart is beating,
It keeps repeating for you constantly.
You're all i'm needing
And so i'm pleading,
Please come back to me.


You made a plaything out of romance,
What were you thinking of?
Now you call it madness,
But i call it love.


~interlude~


You made a plaything out of romance,
And what were you thinking of?
For now you call it madness,
But i call it love.

(j. greer, r. klarges)


Just you, just me
Let's find a cozy spot
To cuddle and woo.
Just us, just we
I've missed an awful lot
My trouble is you.


Oh, gee!
What are your charms for?
What are my arms for?
Use your imagination!


Just you, just me
I'll tie a lover's knot
Around wonderful you.


~interlude~


Oh, gee!
What are your charms for?
What are my arms for?
Use your imagination!


Just you, just me
I'll tie a lover's knot
Tie a lover's knot
Tie a lover's knot
Around wonderful you.

(charles singleton, rose marie mccoy)


I'd like to love you everyday,
If i may (if i may).
And dream dreams of you every night,
If i might (if i might).


And if i may, i'd like to say
I wish that you were mine.
If i had you, all i would do
Is adore you all the time.


I'd like to tell you of your charms everyday,
If i may (if i may).
I'd like to hold you in my arms every night,
If i might (if i might).


You're the object of my affections,
And if you have no objections,
I'd like to love you night and day,
If i may.


(i'd like to love you everyday,
If i may.
And dream dreams of you every night,
If i might.)


(and if i may, i'd like to say
I wish that you were mine.
If i had you, all i would do
Is adore you all the time.)


I'd like to tell you of your charms everyday,
If i may (if i may).
I'd like to hold you in my arms every night,
If i might (if i might).


You're the object of my affections,
And if you have no objections,
I'd like to love you night and day,
If i may.

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 6 in 1963
-words by charles tobias and music by hans carste


Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer

Just fill your basket full of sandwiches and weenies
Then lock the house up, now you're set
And on the beach you'll see the girls in their bikinis
As cute as ever but they never get 'em wet

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
You'll wish that summer could always be here

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer

Don't hafta tell a girl and fella about a drive-in
Or some romantic moon it seems
Right from the moment that those lovers start arrivin'
You'll see more kissin' <wolf whistle> in the cars than on the screen

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
You'll wish that summer could always be here

You'll wish that summer could always be here
You'll wish that summer could always be here

(pete johnson, joe turner)


It was early one monday mornin',
And i was on my way to school.
It was early one monday mornin',
When i was on my way to school.
That was the mornin'
When i broke my mother's rule.


I've been in love with you, baby,
Before i learned to call your name.
I've been in love with you, baby,
Before i learned to call your name.
Now you're in love with someone else
I know that's gonna drive me insane!


~interlude~


Ooh wee baby,
You sure look good to me.
Ooh wee baby,
You sure look good to me.
Please tell me, pretty mama
Who can your great new lover be?

(words by lorenz hart, music by richard rodgers)
This lyrics are like performed by natalie cole

Thou swell, thou witty, thou sweet, thou grand
Wouldst kiss me pretty? wouldst hold my hand?
Both thine eyes are cute too, what they do to me
Hear me holler, i choose a sweet lollapaloosa in thee

I'd feel so rich in a hut for two
Two rooms and kitchen i'm sure would do
Give me just a plot of, not a lot of land
And thou swell, thou witty, thou grand

-artist: nat king cole
-words by betty comden and adolph green and music by jule styne
-introduced by judy holliday in her last film "bells are ringing" (1956), also starring
-dean martin and jean stapleton -charted by doris day at # 63 in 1957


The party's over
It's time to call it a day
They've burst your pretty balloon
And taken the moon away
It's time to wind up the masquerade
Just make your mind up the piper must be paid

The party's over
The candles flicker and dim
You danced and dreamed through the night
It seemed to be right just being with him
Now you must wake up, all dreams must end
Take off your makeup, the party's over
It's all over, my friend

<instrumental 'the party's over'>
The party's over
<instrumental 'it's time to call it a day'>
It's time to call it a day
<instrumental 'they

(strachey/marvell/ link)


A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces,
An airline ticket to romantic places,
And still my heart has wings...
These foolish things remind me of you.


A tinkling piano in the next apartment,
Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant,
A fairground's 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,
And who's to answer?
Oh, how the ghost of you clings...
These foolish things remind me of you.


The first daffodil and long excited cables,
And candle lights on little corner tables,
And still my heart has wings...
These foolish things remind me of you.


The park at evening when the bell has sounded,
The 'ile-de-france' with all the gulls around it,
The beauty that is spring's...
These foolish things remind me of you.


How strange, how sweet
To find you still,
These things are dear to me,
They seem to bring you near to me.


The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations,
Silk stockings tossed aside, dance invitations.
Oh, how the ghost of you clings!
These foolish things remind me of you...


These foolish things remind me of you.

Nat king cole
Capitol record

Forgive my heart
My foolish heart it won't believe we're through
Forgive my heart
You're still a part of everything i do
Forgive my lips
If now and then
They speak your name
If you are still
My only thrill
Am i to blame

Forgive my dreams
In all my dreams it seems your face appears
Forgive my eyes
I realize i'm only wasting tears
Don't know why you haunt me
But you do
Forgive my heart
I'm still in love with you

(bart howard)


Poets often use many words
To say a simple thing.
It takes thought and time amd rhyme
To make a poem sing.


With music and words i've been playing
For you, i have written a song.
To be sure that you'll know what i'm saying,
I'll translate as i go along...


Fly me to the moon,
And let me play among the stars.
Let me see what spring is like
On jupiter and mars.


In other words,
Hold my hand.
In other words,
Darling, kiss me.


Fill my heart with song,
And let me sing forever more.
You are all i long for,
All i worship and adore.


In other words,
Please be true.
In other words,
I love you.


~interlude~


Fill my heart with song,
And let sing forever more.
You are all i long for,
All i worship and adore.


In other words
Please be true.
In other words,
I love you.

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 12 in 1951-52
-also charted in 1954 by the dick hyman trio (#29)
-also charted in 1959 by dinah washington (#17)
-also charted in a 1991 "duet" by nat and his daughter natalie cole.
-words and music by irving gordon



Unforgettable, that's what you are
Unforgettable though near or far
Like a song of love that clings to me
How the thought of you does things to me
Never before has someone been more

Unforgettable in every way
And forever more, that's how you'll stay
That's why, darling, it's incredible
That someone so unforgettable
Thinks that i am unforgettable too

<instrumental interlude>

Unforgettable in every way
And forever more, that's how you'll stay
That's why, darling, it's incredible
That someone so unforgettable
Thinks that i am unforgettable too

(cy coleman, carolyn leigh)


So these are the ropes,
The tricks of the trade,
The rules of the road.


You're one of the dopes
For whom they were made,
The rules of the road.


You follow that kiss and recklessly miss
A bend of the road,
Then suddenly this--
The end of the road.


So love is a hoax,
A glittering stream
Of little white lies.
But these are the jokes,
And what if they bring
The tears to your eyes?


Well, love often shows a funny return.
The brighter it glows,
The longer you burn.
And lord only knows
Love has little concern for the fools of the road.


But that's how it goes,
You live and you learn,
The rules of the road.


But that's how it goes,
You live and you learn,
The rules of the road.


And everyone knows that that's how it goes,
The rules of the road.

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 24 in 1951
-words by jimmy kennedy and music by hugh williams
-previously charted in 1935 by bing crosby (#1), guy lombardo (also # !),
-mantovani (#3), and jack jackson (# 13)
-previously charted in 1936 by louis armstrong (#15)
-subsequently charted by tab hunter in 1957 (#57), the platters in 1960 (#36)
-and by fats domino in 1963 (#35).


{red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
{she sailed at the dawning, all day i've been blue}
Red sails in the sunset, i'm trusting in you

Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more

{red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me

<instrumental interlude>

Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more

{red sails in the sunset}
Way out on the sea (ooh-wee-ooh, wee-ooh)
Oh, carry my loved one
{home safely to me}

{bracketed words are sung by nat in unison with background singers}
(words in parentheses are sung by background singers only)

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 1 for 8 weeks in 1950
-words and music by jay livingston and ray evans
-academy award winner from the film "captain carey, u.s.a" starring alan ladd


Mona lisa, mona lisa, men have named you
You're so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only 'cause you're lonely they have blamed you?
For that mona lisa strangeness in your smile?

Do you smile to tempt a lover, mona lisa?
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there and they die there
Are you warm, are you real, mona lisa?
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art?

<instrumental interlude>

Do you smile to tempt a lover, mona lisa?
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there and they die there
Are you warm, are you real, mona lisa?
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art?

Mona lisa, mona lisa

(johnny burke)




Better face the facts, ol' buddy,
And be prepared to take the blow.
You don't have to sit and study,
It's something anyone should know.
Shake hands... get your hat...
And go.


You can praise her eyes,
And adore her hair.
But if love ain't there,
It ain't there.


And you can walk her home
In the warm spring air,
But if love ain't there,
It ain't there.


And you can look
With a longing in your look,
And try every method in the book
And worship the smile that kind of
Took you unaware.


And you can weep and sigh,
You can say, "unfair".
You can almost die of despair.
But if love ain't there,
It ain't there.

(m. carr)


Dinner for one please, james,
The madame will not be dining.
Yes, you may bring the wine in,
Love plays such funny games.


Dinner for one please, james,
Close madame's room, we've parted.
Please, don't look so downhearted,
Love plays such funny games.


Seems my best friend told her of another,
I had no chance to deny.
You know there has never been another,
Someday she'll find out the lie.


Maybe she's not to blame,
Leave me with silent hours.
No, don't move her favorite flowers,
Dinner for one please, james.


~interlude~


Maybe she's not to blame,
Leave me with silent hours.
No, don't move her favorite flowers,
Dinner for one please, james.

That certain night, the night we met,
There was magic abroad in the air.
There were angels dining at the ritz,
And a nightingale sang in berkeley square.


I may be right, i may be wrong,
But i'm perfectly willing to swear
That when you turned and smiled at me,
A nightingale sang in berkeley square.


The moon that lingered over londontown
Poor puzzled moon, he wore a frown.
How could he know that we two were so in love?
The whole darn world seemed upside down.


The streets of town were paved with stars,
It was such a romantic affair.
And as we kissed and said goodnight,
A nightingale sang in berkeley square.


~interlude~




When dawn came stealing up, all gold and blue
To interrupt our rendez-vous,
I still remember how you smiled and said,
"was that a dream? or was it true?"


Our homeward step was just as light
As the dancing of fred astaire,
And like an echo far away
A nightingale sang in berkeley square.

(simon/bernier)


Blow...tropic wind...
Sing a song...through the trees.


Trees...sigh to me...
Soon my love...i will see.


Poinciana,
Your branches speak to me of love.
Pale moon is casting shadows from above.


Poinciana,
Somehow i feel the jungle beat
Within me, there grows a rhythmic, savage
Beat.


Love is everywhere, its magic perfume fills the air.
To and fro, you sway, my heart's in time,
I've learned to care.


Poinciana,
Though skies may turn from blue to gray,
My love will live for ever and a day.


Blow....tropic wind,
Sing a song through the trees.
Trees...sigh to me
Soon my love... i will see.


Poinciana...

(connor/carr/leach)


He's the little boy that santa claus forgot,
And goodness knows, he didn't want a lot.


He sent a note to santa
For some soldiers and a drum,
It broke his little heart
When he found santa hadn't come.


In the street he envies all those lucky boys,
Then wanders home to last year's broken toys.
I'm so sorry for that laddie,
He hasn't got a daddy,
The little boy that santa claus forgot.


Spoken:
(you know, christmas comes but once a year for every girl and boy,
The laughter and the joy they find in each brand new toy.
I'll tell you of a little boy that lives across the way...
This little fella's christmas is just another day.
He's the little boy that santa claus forgot,
And goodness knows, he didn't want a lot.)


In the street he envies all those lucky boys,
Then wanders home to last year's broken toys.
I'm so sorry for that laddie,
He hasn't got a daddy,
The little boy that santa claus forgot.

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 1 for 6 weeks in 1946-47
-words by deek watson and music by william best
-also charted in 1946 by charlie spivak (#5)
-also charted in 1947 by eddie howard (#2), dinah shore (also #2), ella
-fitzgerald (#8), and art kassel (#15).
-also charted by sam cooke in 1958 (#17).
-also charted in 1961 by the cleftones (#60).


I love you for sentimental reasons
I hope you do believe me
I'll give you my heart

I love you and you alone were meant for me
Please give your loving heart to me
And say we'll never part

I think of you every morning
Dream of you every night
Darling, i'm never lonely
Whenever you are in sight

I love you for sentimental reasons
I hope you do believe me
I've given you my heart

<instrumental interlude>

I love you for sentimental reasons
I hope you do believe me
I've given you my heart

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 10 in 1954
-competing versions charted by sunny gale (#19) and david whitfield (#25).
-also charted in 1959 by tony bennett (#73); in 1961 by timi yuro (#42); in
-1962 by ferrante and teicher (#94); and in 1965 by betty everett and jerry
-butler (#42).
Words by john turner and geoffrey parsons and music by charlie chaplin


Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

<instrumental interlude>

That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

Nat king cole
Written by mel torme and robert walls

- (#3-1946)

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,
Jack frost nipping at your nose,
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like eskimos.
Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe
Help to make the season bright.
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight.
They know that santa's on his way -
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And ev'rymother's child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly.
And so i'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although its been said many times,
Many ways: "merry christmas to you".
(repeat) (from 9th line)

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 26 in 1952
-words and music by marcia neal, philip f. broughton, bob merrill, and hughie
-prince


Funny, how i've stopped loving you
I can pass you on the street and my heart don't skip a beat
Not much, so much my eyes wanna cry
Funny, how i've stopped loving you
I can listen to your name and it doesn't start a flame
Not much, so much my heart wants to die

Now that you're standing here, darling, i don't shed a tear
This is just the rain in my eyes
And if i have proved to you everything i say is true
Please help me believe my own lies

Funny, how i've stopped loving you
And it's funny i don't miss all the heaven in your kiss
Your touch, no i don't love you, not much

<instrumental interlude>

Funny, how i've stopped loving you
And it's funny i don't miss all the heaven in your kiss
Your touch, no i don't love you, not much

No i don't love you, not much

(nathaniel cole)


I don't know why i'm so doggone unlucky today.
Just got the news that my best gal has left me to stay.
Things were pretty rosy,
We got along so fine.
Until another guy moved in
And handed her a line.
I don't know why i'm so doggone unlucky today.


So i decided to try and get her off my mind.
Started to walkin', to see what enjoyment i'd find.
Was invited to a party,
Then there was a fight.
A fella got a whippin'...
You guessed it right.
I don't know why i'm so doggone unlucky today.

(s. gallop, u. minucci)


A thousand thoughts of you
Will haunt me ever after
The music of your laughter
Will serenade my heart.


A thousand thoughts of you
Will roam the night and find me
With chains of love, they'll bind me
To dreams that won't depart.


Your face,
Your smile,
The moonlight in your hair
Your lips,
Your eyes,
I'll see them everywhere.


A thousand kisses, too
Will keep me reminiscing
For there'll be no dismissing
A thousand thoughts of you.


~interlude~


A thousand kisses, too
Will keep me reminiscing
For there'll be no dismissing
A thousand thoughts of you.

(word & lyrics by bobby troup)
This lyrics are like performed by natalie cole

If you ever plan to motor west,
Travel my way, take the highway that is best.
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.

It winds from chicago to la,
More than two thousand miles all the way.
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.

Now you go through saint looey
Joplin, missouri,
And oklahoma city is mighty pretty.
You see amarillo,
Gallup, new mexico,
Flagstaff, arizona.
Don't forget winona,
Kingman, barstow, san bernandino.

Won't you get hip to this timely tip:
When you make that california trip
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.

Solo

Won't you get hip to this timely tip:
When you make that california trip
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.

:artist: nat king cole
-from his "the greatest of nat king cole" lp-capitol slb-6803
-peak billboard position # 1 for 8 weeks in 1948
-competing versions charted by frank sinatra (#7), sara vaughn (#8), and
-dick haymes (#11).
-words and music by eden ahbez


There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he

And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
"the greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"

<instrumental interlude>

"the greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position #8 in 1952
-words by sammy gallop and music by kurt adams


I used to walk with you
Along the avenue
Our hearts were carefree and gay
How could i know i'd lose you
Somewhere along the way?

The friends we used to know
Would always smile "hello"
No love like our love they'd say
Then love slipped through our fingers
Somewhere along the way

I should forget
But with the loneliness of night i start remembering ev'rything
You're gone and yet
There's still a feeling deep inside
That you will always be part of me

So now i look for you
Along the avenue
And as i wander i pray
That some day soon i'll find you
Somewhere along the way

I should forget
But with the loneliness of night i start remembering ev'rything
You're gone and yet
There's still a feeling deep inside
That you will always be part of me

So now i look for you
Along the avenue
And as i wander i pray
That some day soon i'll find you
Somewhere along the way
Somewhere along the way

(f. ahlert, j. young)


I'm gonna sit right down
And write myself a letter,
And make believe it came from you.
I'm gonna write words oh, so sweet
They're gonna knock me off of my feet,
A lot of kisses on the bottom,
I'll be glad i got 'em.


I'm gonna smile and say,
"i hope you're feeling better,"
And close with love, the way that you do.
I'm gonna sit right down
And write myself a letter,
And make believe it came from you.


I'm gonna sit right down
And write myself a letter,
And make believe that it came from you.
I'm gonna write words oh, so sweet, yeah!


Lotta kisses on the bottom,
I'll be glad i got 'em.
I'm gonna smile and say,
"i hope you're feeling better,"
And close with love, the way that you do.


I'm gonna sit right down
And write myself a letter,
And make believe it came from you...


I'm gonna sit right down
And write myself a letter,
And make believe it came,
Make believe that it came from you!

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 24 in 1952
-words by ben raleigh and music by guy wood


Faith can move mountains
Darling, you will see
I can move mountains
If you have faith in me

Faith can work magic
This i find with you
Yours is the magic
To make my wishes come true

So tell me again you love me
Kiss me and i'll be strong
What couldn't i do when i know that you
Are here to help me along?

Yes, faith can move mountains
Darling, you will see
I can move mountains
If you have faith in me

<instrumental interlude>

So tell me again you love me
Kiss me and i'll be strong
What couldn't i do when i know that you
Are here to help me along?

Yes, faith can move mountains
Darling, you will see
I can move mountains
If you have faith in me

Yes, i can move mountains
If you have faith in me

-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

<brief instrumental interlude>

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

And i do

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 11 in 1956
-words by sammy gallop and music by chester conn


Night lights, those blues-in-the-night lights
Are no longer bright lights since i'm without you
Sweet dreams, oh where did they fly to?
You're gone and who can i cry to?

Those night lights remind me of bright eyes
And beautiful white lies too good to be true
As i go on my way with all my heart i pray
That those night lights will lead me to you

<instrumental interlude>

Those night lights remind me of bright eyes
And beautiful white lies too good to be true
As i go on my way with all my heart i pray
That those night lights will lead me to you

As recorded by nat king cole, who didn't make the top 100
Words by lorenz hart and music by richard rogers and sung in the broadway
Musical "the boys from syracuse" by eddie albert and marcy westcott
A # 6 hit for horace heidt in 1938
A # 2 hit for benny goodman in 1939


This can't be love, because i feel so well,
No sobs, no sorrows, no sighs.
This can't be love; i get no dizzy spells,
My head is not in the skies.

My heart does not stand still, just hear it beat.
This is too sweet to be love.

This can't be love, because i feel so well,
But still i love to look in your eyes.

(instrumental interlude)

My heart does not stand still, just hear it beat.
This is too sweet to be love.

This can't be love, because i feel so well,
But still i love to look in your eyes.
Still i love to look in your eyes.