1. I Guess
I'll Have to Change My Plans
2. September
of My Years
3. I Could
Have Told You
4. Once
Upon a Time
5. Stormy
Weather
6. This
Nearly Was Mine
7. That Old
Feeling
8. It Gets
Lonely Early
9. My One
and Only Love
10. Trade
Winds
11. Braggin'
12. As Time
Goes By
13. Imagination
14. How
Deep Is the Ocean?
15. P.S. I
Love You
16. The
Best Is Yet To Come
17. But
Beautiful
18. Here's
That Rainy Day
19. Where
Is the One?
20. There's
A Flaw In My Flue
21. Day In,
Day Out
22. I Couldn't
Sleep a Wink Last Night
23. Sentimental
Journey
24. Somewhere
Along the Way
25. When
the World Was Young
26. These
Foolish Things
27. You Go
To My Head
28. Stardust
29. It's
Funny To Everyone But Me
30. Why was I Born?
I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLANS
I guess, I'll have to change my plan
I should have realized there'd be another man
I overlooked that point completely
Until the big affair began
Before I knew where I was at
I found myself upon the shelf and that was that
I tried to reach the moon but when I got there
All that I could get was the air
My feet are back upon the ground
I've lost the one girl, I'd found
I guess I'll have to change my plan,
I should have realized there'd be another man,
Why did I buy those blue pajamas,
Before the big affair began,
My boiling point is much to low
For me to try to be a fly Lothario,
I think I'll crawl right back and into my shell,
Dwelling in my personal hell,
I'll have to change my plan around,
I've lost the one girl, man, I found.
Yes, the one girl, the one girl I had found
SEPTEMBER OF MY YEARS
One day you turn around and it's summer
Next day you turn around and it's fall
And the springs and the winters of a lifetime
Whatever happened to them all?
As a man who has always had the wand'ring ways
Now I'm reaching back for yesterdays
'Til a long-forgotten love appears
And I find that I'm sighing softly as I near
September, the warm September of my years
As a man who has never paused at wishing wells
Now I'm watching children's carousels
And their laughter's music to my ears
And I find that I'm smiling gently as I near
September, the warm September of my years
The golden warm September of my years
I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU
I could have told you
She'd hurt you
She'd you love you a while
Then desert you
If only you asked
I could have told you so
I could have saved you
Some crying
Yes, I could have told you she's lying
But you were in love
And didn't want to know
I hear her now
As I toss and turn and try to sleep
I hear her now
Making promises she'll never keep
And soon, it's over and done with
She'll find someone new to have fun with
Through all of my tears
I could have told you so
I hear her now
As I toss and turn and try to sleep
I hear her now
Making promises she'll never keep
And soon, it's over and done with
She'll find someone new to have fun with
Through all of my tears
I could have told you so
ONCE UPON A TIME
Once upon a time
A girl with moonlight in her eyes
Put her hand in mine
And said she loved me so
But that was once upon a time
Very long ago
Once upon a hill
We sat beneath a willow tree
Counting all the stars and waiting for the dawn
But that was once upon a time
Now the tree is gone
How the breeze ruffled through her hair
How we always laughed as though tomorrow wasn't there
We were young and didn't have a care
Where did it go
Once upon a time
The world was sweeter than we knew
Everything was ours
How happy we were then
But somehow once upon a time
Never comes again
Once upon a time
Never comes again
STORMY WEATHER
Don't know why
Theres no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together
Keeps raining all the time
Life is bare
Gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather
Just can't get my poor old self together
I'm weary all the time
The time
So weary all the time
When she went away
The blues walked in and they met
If she stays away that old rocking chair's gonna get
me
All I do is pray the Lord above will let me
Oh, just I walk in the sun once more
Can't go on
Everything I have is gone
Stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together
Keeps raining all the time
Keeps raining all the time
THIS NEARLY WAS MINE
One dream in my heart,
one love to be living for
One love to be living for,
this nearly was mine
One girl for my dream,
one partner in paradise
This promise of paradise,
this nearly was mine
Close to my heart she came,
only to fly away
Only to fly as day flies
from moonlight
Now, now I'm alone,
still dreaming of paradise
Still saying that paradise
once nearly was mine
THAT OLD FEELING
I saw you last night and got that old feeling
When you came in sight, I got that old feeling
The moment that you danced by, I felt a thrill
And when you caught my eye, my heart stood still
Once again I seemed to feel that old yearning
And I knew the spark of love was still burning
There'll be no new romance for me, it's foolish to
start
'Cause that old, old feeling is still in my heart
There'll be no new romance for me, it's foolish to
start
'Cause that old, old feeling is still in my heart
IT GETS LONELY EARLY
When you're all alone
All the children grown
And, like starlings, flown away
It gets lonely early, doesn't it?
Lonely early, doesn't it?
Ev'ry single endless day
When your twilight nears
And one face appears
Turning winter years to May
It gets lonely early, doesn't it?
Lonely early, doesn't it?
Still the old heart's young enough to say
It was really more than lovely, wasn't it?
"Truly lovely, wasn't it?
Ev'ry single lovely day
MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE
The very thought of you makes my heart sing
Like an April breeze on the wings of spring
And you appear in all your splendor
My one and only love
The shadows fall and spread their mystic charms
In the hush of night while you're in my arms
I feel your lips so warm and tender
My one and only love
The touch of your hand is like heaven
A heaven that I've never known
And the blush on your cheek whenever I speak
Tells me that you are my own
You fill my eager heart with such desire
Every kiss you give sets my soul on fire
I give myself in sweet surrender
My one and only love
The touch of your hand is like heaven
A heaven that I've never known
And the blush on your cheek whenever I speak
Tells me that you are my own
You fill my eager heart with such desire
Every kiss you give sets my soul on fire
I give myself in sweet surrender
My one and only love
TRADE WINDS
Down where the trade winds play,
Down where you lose the day,
We found a new world where paradise starts,
We traded hearts way down where the trade winds play.
Music was everywhere, flowers were in her hair,
Under an awning of silvery boughs,
We traded vows the night that I sailed away.
Oh trade winds, what are vows that lovers make?,
Oh trade winds, are they only made to break,
When it is May again, I'll sail away again,
Though I'm returning, it won't be the same,
She traded her name way down where the trade winds
play
BRAGGIN'
Braggin'
Wastin' all your time just braggin'
When ya' should be busy
Plowin' and a’plantin'
You stand there a'rantin'
Get no harvest to your heart
Braggin'
You ain't got no cause for braggin'
When your barn needs mendin'
And your lawn needs mowin'
How come you're a crowin'
Like a no-good rooster at dawn
Braggin' 'bout your fishin'
'Bout your horseshoe pitchin'
Bet you always keep the score
Talkin' 'bout your meddle
That's the kind they peddle
Down at the 5 and 10 store
Braggin'
Folks ain't got no use for braggin'
If your fields are greener
Folks will hear about it
You don't hafta shout it
Fields were greener 'fore you were born
Braggin' 'bout your fishin'
'Bout your horseshoe pitchin'
Bet you always keep the score
Talkin' 'bout your meddle
That's the kind they peddle
Down at the 5 and 10 store
Braggin'
Folks ain't got no use for braggin'
If your fields are greener
Folks will hear about it
You don't hafta shout it
Fields were greener 'fore you were born
AS TIME GOES BY
You must remember this
A kiss is still a kiss
A sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by
And when two lovers woo
They still say "I love you"
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by
Moonlight and love songs never out of date
Hearts full of passion, jealousy, and hate
Woman needs man and man must have his mate
That no one can deny
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
IMAGINATION
Imagination is funny
It makes a cloudy day sunny
Makes a bee think of honey
Just as I think of you
Imagination is crazy
Your whole perspective gets hazy
Starts you asking a daisy
What to do, what to do
Have you ever felt a gentle touch
And then a kiss, and then and then
Find it's only your imagination again
Imagination is silly
You go around willy nilly
For example I go around wanting you
And yet I can't imagine that you want me too
HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN?
How much do I love you?
I'll tell you no lie
How deep is the ocean?
How high is the sky?
How many times a day do I think of you?
How many roses are sprinkled with dew?
How far would I travel
To be where you are?
How far is the journey
From here to a star?
And if I ever lost you,
How much would I cry?
How deep is the ocean?
How high is the sky?
And if I ever lost you,
How much would I cry?
How deep is the ocean?
How high is the sky?
P.S. I LOVE YOU
What is there to write? What is there to say?
The same things happen everyday,
Not a thing to write, not a thing to say
So I take my pen in hand and start the same old way
Dear, I thought I'd drop a line, the weather's cool,
the folks are fine
I'm in bed each night at nine, P.S. I love you
Yesterday we had some rain, but all in all, I can't
complain
Was it dusty on the train, P.S. I love you
Write to the Browns just as soon as you're able
They came around to call,
And I burned a hole in the dining room table
And let me see, I guess that's all
Nothing else for me to say, and so I'll close but by
the way
Everybody's thinking of you, P.S. I love you
I do my best to obey all your wishes,
I put a sign up "Think"
But I gotta buy us a new set of dishes,
Or wash the ones that are piled in the sink
Nothing else to tell you dear, except each day seems
like a year
Every night I'm dreaming of you, P.S. I love you
THE BEST IS YET TO COME
Out of the tree of life I just picked me a plum
You came along and everything started to hum
Still it's a real good bet the best is yet to come
The best is yet to come and, babe, won't it be fine?
You think you've seen the sun but you ain't seen it
shine
Wait till the warm-up's underway
Wait till our lips have met
Wait till you see that sunshine day
You ain't seen nothin' yet!
The best is yet to come and, babe, won't it be fine?
The best is yet to come, come the day you're mine
Come the day you're mine, I'm gonna teach you to fly
We're gonna taste of the wine
We're gonna drain the cup dry
Wait till your charms are right for these arms to
surround
You think you've flown before but, babe, you ain't
left the ground
Wait till you're locked in my embrace
Wait till I draw you near
Wait till you see that sunshine place
Ain't nothin' like it here
The best is yet to come and, babe, won't it be fine
The best is yet to come, come the day you're mine
Come the day you’re mine, and you’re gonna be mine
BUT BEAUTIFUL
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
Love is tearful or it's gay
It's a problem or it's play
It's a heartache either way
But it's beautiful
And I'm thinking if you were mine, I'd never let you
go
And that would be but beautiful, I know
HERE'S THAT RAINY DAY
Maybe I should have saved those leftover dreams
Funny but here's that rainy day
Here's that rainy day they told me about
And I laughed at the thought that it might turn out
this way
Where is that worn out wish that I threw aside
After it brought my love so near
Funny how love becomes a cold rainy day
Funny that rainy day is here
It's funny how love becomes a cold rainy day
Funny that rainy day is here
WHERE IS THE ONE?
Where is the one
Who'll end the search I'm making
Where is the one
Who'll change my dream to waking
Behind some far off secret door
There's my love
There's my life
In store
The journey's long
Much longer than I reckoned
In any throng
I'll know her in a second
Some lucky day
I'm bound to find her
And when I do
I'll find love
The journey's long
Much longer than I reckoned
In any throng
I'll know her in a second
Some lucky day
I'm bound to find her
And when I do
I'll find love
THERE'S A FLAW IN MY FLUE
I used to sit by my fireplace
And dream about you
But now that won't do
There's a flaw in my flue
Your lovely face in my fireplace
Was all that I saw
But now it won't draw
‘Cause my flue has a flaw
From every beautiful ember a memory arose
Now I try to remember and smoke gets in my nose
It's not as sweet as the unit-heat
To dream about you
So darling, adieu
There's a flaw in my flue
DAY IN, DAY OUT
Day in, day out
Same old voodoo follows me about
Same old pounding in my heart whenever I think of you
And darling, I think of you, day in and day out
Day out, day in
I needn't tell you how my days begin
When I awake I awake with a tingle, one possibility in
view
That possibility of maybe seeing you
Come rain, come shine
I meet you and to me the day is fine
Then I kiss your lips and the pounding becomes
The oceans roar, a thousand drums
Can't you see it's love
Can there be any doubt
When there it is
Day in and day out
Come rain, come shine
I meet you and to me the day is fine
Then I kiss those lips and the pounding becomes
Like the oceans roar, like thousand drums
Can't you see that it's love
Can there be any doubt
When there it is
When there it is
When there it is
Day in and day out
I COULDN'T SLEEP A WINK LAST NIGHT
I couldn't sleep a wink last night
Because we had that silly fight
I thought my heart would break the whole night through
I knew that you'd be sorry
And I'm sorry too
I didn't have my favorite dream
The one in which I hold you tight
I had to call you up this morning
To see if everything was still all right
Yes, I had to call you up this morning
'Cause I couldn't sleep a wink last night
I didn't have my favorite dream
The one in which I hold you tight
I had to call you up this morning
To see if everything was still all right
Yes, I had to call you up this morning
‘Cause I couldn't sleep a wink last night
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
Gonna take a sentimental journey
Gonna set my heart at ease
Gonna make a sentimental journey
To renew old memories
I got my bag, I got my reservation
Spent each dime I could afford
Like a child in wild anticipation
I long to hear that: "All aboard!"
Seven, that's the time we leave, at seven
I'll be waiting up for heaven
Counting every mile of railroad track, that moves me
back
I never though my heart could be so yearny
Why did I decide to roam
Gotta take a sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home
Gonna take a sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY
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
That some day soon I'll find you
Somewhere along the way
Somewhere along the way
WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG
It isn't by chance I happen to be
A boulevardier, the toast of Paris
For over the noise, the talk and the smoke
I'm good for a laugh, a drink or a joke
I walk in a room, a party or ball
"Come sit over here" somebody will call
"A drink for M'sieur, a drink for us all!"
But how many times I stop and recall
Ah, the apple trees
Blossoms in the breeze
That we walked among
Lying in the hay
Games we used to play
While the rounds were sung
Only yesterday, when the world was young
Wherever I go they mention my name
And that in itself, is some sort of fame
"Come by for a drink, we're having a game"
Wherever I go I'm glad that I came
The talk is quite gay, the company fine
There's laughter and lights, and glamour and wine
And beautiful girls and some of them mine
But often my eyes see a different shine
Ah, the apple trees
Sunlit memories
Where the hammock swung
On our backs we'd lie
Looking at the sky
Till the stars were strung
Only last July when the world was young
THESE FOOLISH THINGS
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 make my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but who's to answer?
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you
The winds of March that make my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but who's to answer?
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you
YOU GO TO MY HEAD
You go to my head
And you linger like a haunting refrain
And I find you spinning 'round in my brain
Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne
You go to my head
Like a sip of sparkling Burgundy brew
And I find the very mention of you
Like the kicker in a julep or two
The thrill of the thought that you might give a
thought to my plea
Cast a spell over me
Still I say to myself get a hold of yourself
Can't you see that it never can be
You go to my head
With a smile that makes my temperature rise
Like a summer with a thousand July's
You intoxicate my soul with your eyes
Though I'm certain that this heart of mine
Hasn't a ghost of a chance kill this crazy romance
You go to my head
You go to my head
STARDUST
Sometimes I wonder
Why I spend my lonely nights
Dreaming of a song
The melody haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
When our love was new
And each kiss an inspiration
Oh, but that was long ago
And now my consolation is in the stardust of a song
Beside the garden wall, when stars were bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale told his fairytale
Of paradise, where roses grew
Though I dream in vain
In my heart, it will always remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love's refrain
IT'S FUNNY TO EVERYONE BUT ME
It's funny how you loved me
Then forgot so suddenly
It's funny to everyone but me
They told me this would happen
Now they're laughing secretly
It's funny to everyone but me
I should shrug my shoulders and say
Good riddance to a bad affair
But how can I do, but my head tells me to
When my heart tells me how much I care
It's funny, I still love you
It's the joke of the century
It's funny to everyone but me
It's so funny, I still love you
It's the joke of the century
Ah, but it's funny to everyone but me
WHY WAS I BORN?
Why was I born, why am I living?
What do I give, what am I giving?
Why do I want a thing I daren't hope for?
What can I hope for?
I wish I knew
Why do I try to draw you near me?
Why do I’m crying? You never hear me
I'm a poor fool, but what can I do?
Why was I born to love you?
I'm a poor fool, but what can I do?
Why was I born to love you?
