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Cry Me a River
04:09
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Now you say you’re lonely
You cried the whole night though
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
Now you say you’re sorry
For being so untrue
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
*
You drove me, nearly drove me out of my head
While you never shed a tear
Remember, I remember
All that you said
Told me love was too plebeian
Told me you were through with me, and
Now you say you love me
So, just to prove you do
Go on and cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
(Repeat from *)
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2. |
All the Things You Are
04:39
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Time and again I’ve longed for adventure
Something to make my heart beat the faster
What did I long for? I never really knew
Finding your love I’ve found my adventure
Touching your hand, my heart beats the faster
All that I want in all of this world is you
You are the promised breath 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
Someday my happy arms will hold you
And someday I’ll know that moment divine
When all the things you are, are mine
(Repeat from *)
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Goldfinger
03:13
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Goldfinger
He’s the man, the man with the Midas touch
A spider’s touch
Such a cold finger
Beckons you to enter his web of sin
But don’t go in
*
Golden words he will pour in your ear
But his lies can’t disguise what you fear
For a golden girl knows when he’s kissed her
It’s the kiss of death from
Mister Goldfinger
Pretty girl, beware of his heart of gold
This heart is cold
(repeat from * )
He loves only gold
Only gold
He loves gold
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4. |
Someone to Watch Over Me
05:19
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There’s a saying old, says that “Love is blind”
Still we’re often told, “Seek and ye shall find”
So I’m going to seek a certain lad I’ve had in mind
Looking everywhere, haven’t found him yet
He’s the big affair I cannot forget
Only man I ever think of with regret
I’d like to add his initial to my monogram
Tell me, where is the shepherd for this lost lamb?
There’s a somebody I’m longing to see,
I hope that he turns out to be
Someone to watch over me
I’m a little lamb who’s lost in the wood
I know I could always be good
To one who’ll watch over me
*
Although he may not be the man
Some girls think of as handsome
To my heart he carries the key
Someone tell him, please
To put on some speed
Follow my lead
Oh, how I need
Someone to watch over me
(repeat from *)
Someone to watch over me
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Scotch and Soda
03:37
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Scotch and soda
Mud in your eye
Baby, do I feel high, oh me oh my
Do I feel high
Dry martini
Jigger of gin
Oh, what a spell you’ve got me in, oh my
Do I feel high
People don’t believe me
They think that I’m just braggin’
But I could feel the way I do
And still be on the wagon
All I need is one of your smiles
Sunshine of your eyes, oh me oh my
Do I feel higher than a kite can fly
Give me lovin’
’Cause I feel so high
People don’t believe me
They think that I’m just braggin’
But I could feel the way I do
And still be on the wagon
All I need is one of your smiles
Sunshine of your eyes, oh me oh my
Do I feel higher than a kite can fly
Give me lovin’, baby
’Cause I feel so high
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6. |
Isn't It Romantic?
05:16
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I’ve never met you, yet never doubt, dear
I can’t forget you
I’ve thought you out, dear
I know your profile, and I know the way you kiss
Just the thing I miss on a night like this
If dreams are made of imagination
I’m not afraid of my own creation
With all my heart, my heart is here for you to take
Why should I quake?
I’m not awake
*
Isn’t it romantic?
Music in the night
A dream that can be heard
Isn’t it romantic?
Moving shadows write the oldest magic word
I hear the breezes playing in the trees above
While all the world is saying you were meant for love
Isn’t it romantic?
Merely to be young on such a night as this
Isn’t it romantic?
Every note that’s sung is like a lover’s kiss
Sweet symbols in the moonlight
Do you mean that I will fall in love perchance?
Isn’t it romance?
(repeat from * )
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7. |
I Can't Get Started
04:44
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I’m a glum one, it’s explainable
I met someone unattainable
Life’s a bore, the world is my oyster no more
All the papers where I led the news
With my capers, now will spread the news
Superman turns out to be Flash in the pan
I’ve flown around the world in a plane
I’ve settled revolutions in Spain
The North Pole I have charted
But I can’t get started with you
Around the golf course I’m under par
And Metro Goldwyn wants me to star
I’ve got a house, a show place
Still I can’t get no place with you
You’re so supreme
Lyrics I write of you
Dream, dream both day and night of you
And I scheme just for the sight of you
But what good does it do?
In 1929, I sold short
In England, I’m presented at court
But you’ve got me down-hearted
’Cause I can’t get started with you
Oh, tell me why am I no kick to you?
I would always stick to you
Fly through thin and thick for you
Tell me why I’m taboo?
I’ve been consulted by Franklin D.
And Robert Taylor asked me to tea
But I’m still broken hearted
’Cause I can’t get started with you
I can’t get started
I can’t get started with you
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8. |
What'll I Do?
03:18
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Gone is the romance that was so divine
It’s broken and cannot be mended
You must go your way and I must go mine
But now that our love dreams have ended
What’ll I do
When you are far away
And I am 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?
(repeat from *)
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9. |
Once Upon a Time
04:38
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Once upon a time
A boy with moonlight in his eyes
Put his hand in mine
And said he 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 his 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
(repeat from *)
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10. |
Love Is Here to Stay
07:13
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The more I read the papers
The less I comprehend
The world and all its capers
And how it all will end
Nothing seems to be lasting
But that isn’t our affair
We’ve got something permanent
I mean in the way we care
*
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
(repeat from *)
Our love is here to stay
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11. |
Over the Rainbow
02:44
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When all the world is a hopeless jumble
And the raindrops tumble all around
Heaven opens a magic lane
When all the clouds darken up the skyway
There’s a rainbow highway to be found
Leading from your windowpane
To a place behind the sun
Just a step beyond the rain
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There’s a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true
Someday, I’ll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That’s where you’ll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why, then, why can’t I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh, why can’t I?
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Laura Ainsworth Dallas, Texas
American retro jazz singer Laura Ainsworth breathes new life into songs from the Great American Songbook
era.
Laura has released four studio albums and one compilation album to date.
She has been featured in Down Beat (USA), Broadway World (USA), Jazz Critique (Japan) and other important international jazz publications.
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