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.

(nathaniel cole, charlotte hawkins)


To whom it may concern,
You've found another love, i know
To whom it may concern,
My heart won't ever let you go.


You tore my heart apart
When you found somebody new,
But you found out that your heart
Could be broken, too.


So to whom it may concern,
You've learned that heartache has no pride,
Pretending unconcerned won't stop the tears
You try to hide.


And when you're all alone
With just a memory,
That's when i'll bet you'll learn
The one who's most concerned is me.


~interlude~


And when you're all alone
With just a memory,
That's when i'll bet you'll learn
The one who's most concerned
...is me.

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

(dorothy wayne, ray rasch)


He who hesitates
When it comes to love
He will never know
The wonder of it all.
A kiss -- a sigh,
You'll never know
If you don't try.


He who hesitates
When her eyes say yes,
Just how much you've missed
You will never guess.


Your chance
Goes by
And it's too late
To wonder why.


Dreams cannot replace
The wonder of her smile.
The warmth of her embrace,
Don't let it
Escape you.


When you fall in love
And you feel the glow,
Take her in your arms
Never let her go.
Don't be
The one
To hesitate with love.


~interlude~


A kiss -- a smile
You'll never know
If you don't try.


When you fall in love
And you feel the glow,
Take her in your arms
Never let her go.
Don't be
The one
To hesitate...


Don't be
The one
Who hesitates...


Don't be
The one
Who hesitates...
With love.

(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!

(lewis/weissman/lange)


Is it better
To have loved and lost,
Than never to have loved at all?
I wonder (i wonder),
I wonder (i wonder),
As my lonely teardrops fall.


Is it better
To have kissed and lost,
Than never to have felt the glow?
I wonder (i wonder),
I wonder (i wonder),
Then why do i miss you so?


Only those who've lost at love
Would know how a heart can cry.
And they would know the meaning of
Hearing a last goodbye.


Is it better
To have loved and lost,
Than never had my dream come true?
I wonder (i wonder),
I wonder (i wonder),
'cause i'm still in love with you.


I wonder (i wonder),
I wonder (i wonder),
'cause i'm still in love with you.

(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.

(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?

(joe ricardel, redd evans)


I don't want french fried potatoes,
Red ripe tomatoes,
I'm never satisfied.
I want the frim fram sauce with the ausen fay
With chafafa on the side.


I don't want pork chops and bacon,
That won't awaken
My appetite inside.
I want the frim fram sauce with the ausen fay
With chafafa on the side.


A fella really got to eat
And a fella should eat right.
Five will get you ten
I'm gonna feed myself right tonight.


I don't want fish cakes and rye bread,
You heard what i said.
Waiter, please serve mine fried
I want the frim fram sauce with the ausen fay
With chafafa on the side.


~interlude~




A fella really got to eat
And a fella should eat right.
Five will get you ten
I'm gonna feed myself right tonight.


I don't want fish cakes and rye bread,
You heard what i said.
Waiter, please serve mine fried
I want the frim fram sauce with the ausen fay
With chafafa on the side.


(now if you don't have it, just bring me a check for the water!)

(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

- artist: nat king cole (whose recording, if released
As a single, did not chart)
- doris day's version hit #20 in 1952 and
The lettermen's went to # 7 in 1962
- words and music by edward heyman and victor young


When i fall in love it will be forever
Or i'll never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before it's begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun

When i give my heart it will be completely
Or i'll never give my heart
And the moment i can feel that you feel that way too
Is when i fall in love with you.

<instrumental interlude first two lines>

And the moment i can feel that you feel that way too
Is when i fall in love with you.

(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)

(r. b. sherman)


When you raise your eyes and make believe,
All the stars come out and paint a world of blue.
There's my heart right up your sleeve
Waiting all for you.


When you smile on me, the world is mine,
And the dreams i dream, i know will all come true.
Every care becomes divine
Waiting all for you.


My heart is beating to the old refrain
When i'm alone with you.
My heart's repeating, "i'm in love again"
Can't we hold a rendez-vous?


You're the dreams i dream, the song i sing
You're the stars and moon and nearly everything.
Life would be a symphony,
Waiting all for you.


~interlude~


My heart is beating to the old refrain
When i'm alone with you.
My heart's repeating, "i'm in love again"
Can't we hold a rendez-vous?


You're the dreams i dream, the song i sing
You're the stars and moon and nearly everything.
Life would be a symphony,
Living all for 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.

(cole porter)


Miss otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today.


Madam...
Miss otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today.


She is sorry to be delayed,
But last evening down at lover's lane, she strayed.
Madam...
Miss otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today.


~interlude~


When she woke from her dream
And found that her love had gone,
Madam...
She ran to the man
Who had led her so far astray.


And from under her velvet gown,
She drew a gun and shot her lover down.
Madam...
Miss otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today.


Then the mob came and got her
And dragged her from the jail.
Madam...
They strung her upon
A willow across the way.


And the moment before she died,
She lifted up her lovely head and cried.
Madam...
Miss otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today.

(jimmy van heusen, mack david)


It wasn't my intention to eavesdrop,
But there a guy sat, two stools away,
And you could tell the bartender knew him
And that he'd been there some other day.
And while i sipped my libation,
I overheard his conversation...


"re---member
How i'd walk in,
What excitement there would be?
Never less than twenty people,
I had lots of friends, you see.


"i gave the party, i was the host.
Everyone loved me,
I was the most.


"champagne and plenty of it,
Real imported caviar,
And the hat check girl got fifty
Just for lighting my cigar.


"i kept 'em laughin', jokes by the yard.
Everyone loved me,
I was a card.


"and i had a girl,
A beautiful girl,
Her whole world, i think, consisted of mink
And diamonds and pearls.


"because she was mine,
I'd glitter and shine,
And life was a ball, and wasn't it all
So cozy 'n fine?


"but nothing lasts forever,
And the deepest well runs dry.
Just 'cause i've stopped rolling sevens
Doesn't mean i have to cry.


"i'll take that nightcap,
One more won't show.
And incidentally...maybe you know...
Where, oh, where, oh, where
Did everyone go?"


"where, oh, where, oh, where
Did everyone go?"

(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.

(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

(james, miller)


I took a choo-choo-choo-choo fast as i could take a choo-choo,
I've come a long-long-long-long way to take you in my arms.
And now it's your first move to prove that you've been true,
Come to baby, do.


I've been away-way-way-way-way beyond the blue horizon,
I hope that no-no-no-no-no one else is on your mind.
So pucker up, my sweet, and meet your waterloo,
Come to baby, do.


Stop me from guessing,
T'ain't no time to tease.
Stop all your messin',
And put your beggin' baby at ease.


I wanna love-love-love you just the way i wanna love you,
I'm gonna try-try-try to try to make you understand.
When all is said and done, the one for me is you.
Come to baby, do.


~interlude~


Come to baby, do.


I've come a long, long way to kiss ya
You'll never know how much i missed ya.
Stop your teasin' --
Come to baby, do.

-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

(edward heyman, victor young)


The sky may be starless,
The night may be moonless.
But deep in my heart there's a glow.
For deep in my heart
I know that you love me,
You love me, because you told me so.


Love letters straight from your heart
Keep us so near while we're apart.
I'm not alone in the night
When i can have all the love you write.


I memorize every line,
I kiss the name that you sign.
And darling, then i read again
Right from the start,
Love letters straight from your heart.


~interlude~


I memorize every line,
I kiss the name that you sign.
And darling, then i read again
Right from the start,
Love letters straight from your heart.

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

-artist: nat king cole
-words by ira gershwin and music by george gershwin
-introduced by kenny baker in the 1938 film "the goldwyn follies" starring adolph
-menjou, edgar bergen and charlie mccarthy, and the ritz brothers
-also used in the 1951 film "an american in paris" starring gene kelly and leslie
-caron
-charted in 1938 by larry clinton (#15) and red norvo (#16)
-charted at # 89 in 1961 by dinah washington


It's very clear, our love is here to stay
Not for a year but ever and a day
The radio and the telephone and the movies that we know
May just be passing fancies and in time may go

But oh, my dear, our love is here to stay
Together we're going a long, long way
In time the rockies may crumble, gibraltar may tumble
They're only made of clay
But our love is here to stay

<instrumental interlude>

In time the rockies may crumble, gibraltar may tumble
They're only made of clay
But our love is here to stay

-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.

(v. youmans, i. caesar)


Sometimes i'm happy,
Sometimes i'm blue.
My disposition
Depends on you.


I never mind
The rain from the sky
If i can find
The sun in your eyes.


Sometimes i love you,
Sometimes i hate you.
But when i hate you,
It's 'cause i love you.


That's how i am
So what can i do?
I'm happy when i'm with you.


~interlude~


Sometimes i love you,
Sometimes i hate you.
But when i hate you,
It's 'cause i love you.


That's how i am
So what can i do?
I'm happy when i'm with you.
I'm happy when i'm with you.

(gordon jenkins)




That's all there is,
There isn't any more, my sweet.
I've gone about as far as i can go.


I realize the things you did
You had to do,
And they weren't so terribly bad to do.
But you shouldn't have told me,
I didn't want to know.


Maybe i tried too hard,
I thought that we could reach the sky.
I guess
The mountain was too high to climb
I put a sign that says, "for sale"
On all my dreams
And a permanent lock on my door.


That's all there is,
There isn't any more.


But if you need me,
Call me, baby...
Call me.

-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

(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.

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 1 for 5 weeks in 1951
-words by sylvia dee and music by sid lippman
-also charted by donny osmond at # 13 in 1972


They try to tell us we're too young
Too young to really be in love
They say that love's a word
A word we've only heard
But can't begin to know the meaning of

And yet we're not too young to know
This love will last though years may go
And then some day they may recall
We were not too young at all

<instrumental interlude>

And yet we're not too young to know
This love will last though years may go
And then some day they may recall
We were not too young at all

(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...

(nathaniel cole, charlotte hawkins)


(with you on my mind,
With you on my mind)


With you on my mind,
How can i do anything?
With you on my mind,
All the time remembering.


Got an achin' heart
Thinkin' how it used to be.
With you on my mind,
When you gave your love to me.


I believed in your love (your love)
Thought i was your true love (true love),
But you found a new love (new love)
Who changed your mind (who changed your mind).


Now that you are gone,
I just seem to spend my time
Feelin' so forlorn,
With you always on my mind.


~interlude~


Now that you are gone,
I just seem to spend my time
Feelin' so forlorn,
With you on my mind.


Feelin' so forlorn,
With you always on my mind.
(with you on my mind)

-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

-artist: nat king cole
-from his "the greatest of nat king cole" lp-capitol slb 6803
-peak billboard position # 16 in 1954
-words and music by sammy gallop and arthur kent


Someone longs for you and your caress
He's learning now how empty arms can be
Someone who used to know your kiss not long ago
That someone happens to be me

How he misses you and must confess
Without you he's like driftwood on the sea
He's just a dreamer who is still in love with you
That dreamer happens to be me

I'll never know just why we parted
It's more than i can comprehend
I only know when you departed
You started a night that has no end

Perhaps there'll come a time when you're alone
Your heart still haunted by a memory
If then you chance to find there's someone on your mind
I hope it happens to be me

<instrumental interlude>

Perhaps there'll come a time when you're alone
Your heart still haunted by a memory
If then you chance to find there's someone on your mind
I hope it happens to be me

I hope it happens to be me

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position #8 in 1952
-words and music by roy turk and fred ahlert in 1930
-charted in 1931 by nick lucas (#8), ted weems (also #8), the charleston
-chasers (#15), and lee morse (#18).
-also charted in 1952 by johnnie ray at # 4
-title song from the 1953 film starring donald o'connor, janet leigh, buddy
-hackett, and scatman crothers


Gee, it's great after bein' out late
Walkin' my baby back home
Arm in arm over meadow and farm
Walkin' my baby back home

We go 'long harmonizing a song
Or i'm recitin' a poem
Owls go by and they give me the eye
Walkin' my baby back home

We stop for a while, she gives me a smile
And snuggles her head on my chest
We start in to pet and that's when i get
Her talcum all over my vest

After i kinda straighten my tie
She has to borrow my comb
Once kiss then i continue again
Walkin' my baby back home

<instrumental interlude>

She's 'fraid of the dark so i have to park
Outside of her door till it's light
She says if i try to kiss her she'll cry
I dry her tears all through the night

Hand in hand to a barbecue stand
Right from her doorway we roam
Eats and then it's a pleasure again
Walkin' my baby
Talkin' my baby
Lovin' my baby
I don't mean maybe
Walkin' my baby back home

-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.

(mitchell parish, cliff burwell)


Just found joy
I'm as happy as a baby boy, baby boy
With another brand new choo-choo choy
When i met my sweet lorraine, lorraine, lorraine.


A pair of eyes
That are brighter tham the summer sky
When you see them, you'll realize
Why i love my sweet lorraine.


Now when it's rainin',
I don't miss the sun
Because it's in my baby's smile, whoa ho
And to think that i'm the lucky one
That will lead her down the aisle, whoa ho ho


Each night i pray
That no one will steal her heart away
I can't wait until that lucky day
When i marry sweet lorraine.


~interlude~


Now when it's rainin'
I don't miss the sun
Because it's in my baby's smile, whoa ho
And to think that i'm the lucky one
That will lead her down the aisle, whoa ho ho


Each night i pray
That no one will steal her heart away
I can't wait until that lucky day
When i marry sweet lorraine.

: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"

(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!

(irving berlin)


What'll i do when you
Are far away
And i'm so blue,
What'll i do?


What'll i do when i
Am wondering who
Is kissing you,
What'll i do?


What'll i do with just
A photograph
To tell my troubles to?


When i'm alone
With only dreams of you
That won't come true,
What'll i do?


~interlude~


When i'm alone
With only dreams of you
That won't come true,
What'll i do?

-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

(dorothy wayne, ray rauch)


(chorus sings:)
Wild is love!
Wild is love!
Wild-wild-wild
Is love!


(nat's spoken words:)
As a rule, man's a fool.
When it's hot, he wants it cool.
When it's cool, he wants it hot.
Always wanting
What is not.


(nat sings:)
Wild is love
Whenever two hearts meet,
Wild is love,
Bitter, but oh so sweet.


And i know
I must go
Wherever love takes me,
Whatever love makes me,
I will be!


Like a fire
Burning beyond control,
Wild is love
Deep in my heart and soul


And though wild as the wind
And wild as the rolling sea,
Nothing could ever be
As wild as love.


~interlude~


And i know
I must go
Wherever love takes me,
Whatever love makes me,
I will be!


~interlude~


And though wild is the wind
And wild is the rolling sea,
Nothing could ever be
As wild as love...
As wild as love...
As wild as love...
As wild is love!

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.