ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE

You are the promised kiss of springtime,

That makes the lonely winter seem long.

You are the breathless hush of evening,

That trembles on the brink of a lovely song.

You are the angel glow that lights a star,

The dearest things I know are what you are.

Some day my happy arms will hold you,

And some day I′ll know that moment divine.
When all the things you are, are mine!.

BUT NOT FOR ME

They're writing songs of love, but not for me

A lucky star's above, but not for me
With love to lead the way
I've found more clouds of grey
Than any Russian play could guarantee

I was a fool to fall and get that way

Heigh-ho! Alas! And also, lack-a-day!
Although I can't dismiss the mem'ry of her kiss
I guess she's not for me
DAT DERE
Hey Daddy, what's dat dere? And what's dat under dere?
Oh Daddy, oh hey Daddy, hey look at over dere!
And what dey doing dere? And where dey go in dere?
And Daddy can I have dat big elephant over dere?

Hey, who's dat in my chair? And what she doing dere?

And Daddy, hey Daddy, can I go over dere?
Hey Daddy, what is a square? And where do we get air?
And Daddy can I have dat big elephant over dere?

My quizzical kid!
Man, he doesn't want anything hid!
He's forever demanding to know
Who, what and why and where!
Inquisitive child!
And sometimes the questions get wild!
Like "Daddy can I have dat big elehpant over dere?"

Don't wanna comb my hair. And where's my teddy bear?

Daddy, oh hey! Look at the cowboy coming dere!
Hey, can I have a pair of boots like dat to wear?
And Daddy can I have dat big elephant over dere?

The time will march, the years will go

The little fellow's gonna grow
I gotta tell him what he needs to know
Help him along so he'll know right from wrong
Gotta make him strong

As life's parade goes marching by

He'll need to know some reasons why
I don't have all the answers but I'll try
The best I can, gonna make him a plan
So he'll be a man

You give a kid your best. And hope he'll passes the test
When you finally send him out into the world somewhere
But though he's grown, I'm betting I never will forget
Daddy, can I have dat big elephant over dere?

Hey why dey're doing dere? And how you work dat dere?
Oh Daddy, hey Daddy, what dey say up dere?
Hey, Daddy, what is fair? How come I gotta share?
And Daddy can I have dat big elephant over dere?
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES

The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at play
Through a meadow land toward a closing door
A door marked "nevermore" that wasn't there before

The lonely night discloses just a passing breeze filled with memories
Of the golden smile that introduced me to
The days of wine and roses and you

EPISTROPHY

This world we live on, is always spinnin',


Some folks are losin' and some are winnin',

Some are in love, and some are uptight,

Some are all wrong and some are all right...


Different colors and different minds,

Some are searchin' and some are just blind,

Some are happy, and some they just cry,

Some will give up and others will try...


I’m gonna try with all of my might,

I don't care if I stay up all night,

I'll be tryin' all kinds of new things,

Strappin on new wings, so I can fly rite...


When something's finished, begin something new,

If it's diminished, then augment it too,

If you think that this is the end,

Just wait a minute, and start it again...

FLY ME TO THE MOON

Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like on
A-Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby, kiss me
Fill my heart with song and let me sing forevermore
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you
THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA

Tall and tan and young and lovely

The girl from Ipanema goes walking
And when she passes Each one she passes goes, ah

When she walks, she's like a samba

That swings so cool and sways so gently
That when she passes Each one she passes goes, ah

Oh, but he watches so sadly

How can he tell her he loves her
Yes, he would give his heart gladly
But each day, when she walks to the sea
She looks straight ahead, not at him

Tall, and tan, and young, and lovely

The girl from Ipanema goes walking
And when she passes He smiles, but she doesn't see

IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD

In A Sentimental Mood
I can see the stars come thru my room
While your loving attitude
Is like a flame that lights the gloom

On the wings of ev'ry kiss

Drift a melody so strange and sweet
In this sentimental bliss you make my
Paradise complete

Rose pearls seem to fall

It's all like a dream to call you mine
My heart's lighter thing
Since you made me this night a thing divine

In A Sentimental Mood
I'm within a world so heavenly
For I never dreamt
That you'd be loving sentimental me
JUST FRIENDS

Just friends, lovers no more

Just friends but not like before

To think of what we've been

And not to kiss again
Seems like pretending
It isn't the ending

Two friends drifting apart

Two friends but one broken heart

We loved, we laughed, we cried and

Suddenly love died
The story ended
But we're just friends

LULLABY OF BIRDLAND

Oh, lullaby of birdland that's what i

Always hear, when you sigh,
Never in my wordland could there be ways to reveal
In a phrase how i feel.

Have you ever heard two turtle doves

Bill and coo when they love?
That's the kind of magic music we make with our lips
When we kiss

And there's a weepy old willow

He really knows how to cry
That's how I'd cry in my pillow
If you should tell me farewell and goodbye

Lullaby of birdland whisper low

Kiss me sweet, and we'll go
Flying high in birdland, high in the sky up above
All because we're in love
MACK THE KNIFE

Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear

And it shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe
And he keeps it, ah, out of sight

Ya know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe

Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves, oh, wears old MacHeath, babe
So there's never, never a trace of red

Now on the sidewalk, huh, huh, whoo sunny morning, un huh

Lies a body just oozin' life, eek
And someone's sneakin' 'round the corner
Could that someone be Mack the Knife?

There's a tugboat, huh, huh, down by the river don'tcha know

Where a cement bag's just a'drooppin' on down
Oh, that cement is just, it's there for the weight, dear
Five'll get ya ten old Macky's back in town

Now d'ja hear 'bout Louie Miller? He disappeared, babe

After drawin' out all his hard-earned cash
And now MacHeath spends just like a sailor
Could it be our boy's done somethin' rash?

Now Jenny Diver, ho, ho, yeah, Sukey Tawdry

Ooh, Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Oh, the line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky's back in town

I said Jenny Diver, whoa, Sukey Tawdry

Look out to Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Yes, that line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky's back in town
Look out, old Macky's back!!
NICA’S DREAM

A song happy and gay,

A song that we know
All the musitians will play.
You know, so it would seem,
Everybody loves NICA'S DREAM.

A song loaded with love.

A sweet melody Given by angels above.
You know, so it would seem,
Everybody loves NICA'S DREAM.

She had a vision

That jazz would one day be
The music that's of
The future, you see.
Don't you agree?

We'll help to see that

Her vision will come true.
And all the world will be
Blessed by it too.

This song is here to stay my friend.

Just wait and see.
The people have made
It part of jazz history.
You know, so it would seem,
Everybody loves NICA'S DREAM.
PENT UP HOUSE

Come meet the early bird who’s up with the dawn

(hardlin’ so tan)
kiddies who grown and grouse
‘N stuffing cocoa pops
‘n faces that yawn
Waking dear John
my bleary ungroomed spouse
then it’s time to get the tots off to school
join the carpool
that’s just the start
steady, dear heart
and so you see, life seems to be
a crazy pent up house

And now it’s time to hit the unsupermart

pushing the cart
brushing down miles of aisles
and next we do the weekly washing dry teen
where Mrs Green washes down miles of ailes
and then it’s home again to vacuum the floor
let’s dance and more
am I a maid? Am I a mouse?
oh glory me, it’s time to flee
This pent up house

But there’s the phone

and there go all of my schemes
All of my dreams
Hello reality
No time to fantasize
And rena divorce
Spent on the horse
There’s no way out for me
But sure we know that I could murder the maid
Burn the estate
Dump those two kids
No I’ll just wait
‘til they grow up
then I’ll blow up
this pent up house
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU

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?