The Ooh-La-La -- Blossom Dearie (1958)

Say you're fond of fancy thing
Diamond clips and emerald rings
And you want your man to come through
Give him the ooh-la-la

When your car is asked to stop
By a handsome traffic cop
'Less you want a ticket or two
Give him the ooh-la-la

If Napoleon at Waterloo-la-la
Had an army of debutantes
To give the British the well known, ooh-la-la
He would have changed the history of France

When your favorite Romeo
Grabs his hat and starts to go
Don't reveal the fact that you're blue
Don't break down and start to boo hoo

There's just one thing for you
La, la to la, la do la, la
Like Tallulah just
Give him the ooh-la-la

If Napoleon at Waterloo, la, la
Had an army of debutantes
To give the British the well known ooh-la-la
He'd have changed the history of France

When your favorite Romeo
Grabs his hat and starts to go
Don't reveal the fact that you're blue
Don't break down and start to boo hoo

There's just one thing for you
La, la to la, la do la, la
Like Tallulah just
Give him the ooh-la-la

The ooh-la-la
The ooh-la-la
You'd better be like Tallulah
Don't be a fool, ah
Give him the ooh-la-la

Written by Cole Porter 

Come Rain or Come Shine -- Billie Holiday (1955)

I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you come rain or come shine
High as a mountain and deep as a river come rain or come shine
I guess when you met me it was just one of those things
But don't ever bet me cause I'm gonna be true if you let me

You're gonna love me like nobody's loved me come rain or come shine
Happy together unhappy together and won't it be fine?
Days may be cloudy or sunny
We're in or we're out of the money

But I'm with you always, I'm with you rain or shine

I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you come rain or come shine
High as a mountain deep as a river come rain or come shine
I guess when you met me it was just one of those things
But don't ever bet me cause I'm gonna be true if you let me

You're gonna love me like nobody's loved me come rain or come shine
Happy together unhappy together and won't it be fine?
Days may be cloudy or sunny
We're in or we're out of the money.

But I'll love you always, I'm with you rain or shine

Rain or shine.

Songwriters
MERCER, JOHNNY/ARLEN, HAROLD

But Not For Me -- Ella Fitzgerald (1959)

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 memory of his kiss
I guess he's not for me

I was a fool to fall and get that way
Heigh-ho! Alas! And also, lack-a-day
Although I can't dismiss the memory of his kiss
I guess he's not for me

Songwriters
GEORGE GERSHWIN, IRA GERSHWIN

Cheek to Cheek -- Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald (1956)

Heaven, I'm in heaven
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek

Yes, heaven, I'm in heaven
And the cares that hung around me through the week
Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek

Oh I love to climb to mountain
And reach the highest peak
But it doesn't thrill me half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek

Oh I love to go out fishing
In a river or a creek
But I don't enjoy it half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek

Now mama dance with me
I want my arms about you
That charm about you
Will carry me through

Yes, heaven, I'm in heaven
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek

 Take it Ella swing it

Heaven, I'm in heaven
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek

Heaven, I'm in heaven
And the cares that hung around me through the week
Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek

Oh I love to climb a mountain
And reach the highest peak
But it doesn't thrill me half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek

Oh I love to go out fishing
In a river or a creek
But I don't enjoy it half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek

Come on and dance with me
I want my arms about you
That charm about you
Will carry me through

To heaven, I'm in heaven
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek

Dance with me
I want my arms about you
That charm about you
Will carry me through

To heaven (heaven), I'm in heaven (I'm in heaven)
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek

 Cheek to cheek
Cheek to cheek
Cheek to cheek

Songwriters
MARIA ANDERSSON, JOSEPHINE FORSMAN, JENNIE ASPLUND, JOHANNA ASPLUND

Hey Ya! -- Postmodern Jukebox, ft. Sara Niemietz

One, two, three!
My baby don't mess around
Because she loves me so
This I know fo sho!

But does she really wanna
But can't stand to see me walk out the door
Don't try to fight the feeling
Because the thought alone is killin' me right now
Thank God for Mom and Dad
For sticking to together
Like we don't know how

Hey ya! Hey ya!
Hey ya! Hey ya!
Hey ya! Hey ya!
Hey ya! Hey ya!

You think you've got it
Oh, you think you've got it
But got it just don't get it when there's nothin' at all
We get together
Oh, we get together
But separate's always better when there's feelings involved
Know what they say -its:
Nothing lasts forever!
Then what makes it, then what makes it
Then what makes it, then what makes it
Then what makes love the exception?
So why, oh, why, oh
Why, oh, why, oh, why, oh
Are we still in denial when we know we're not happy here

Songwriters
ANDRE BENJAMIN

Just Like Heaven -- Natalie Angst

Natalie Angst

"Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream" she said
"The one that makes me laugh" she said
And threw her arms around my neck

"Show me how you do it
And I promise you I promise that
I'll run away with you
I'll run away with you"

Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed her head
And dreamed of all the different ways I had
To make her glow

 "Why are you so far away?" she said
"Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you
That I'm in love with you"

You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Strange as angels

 Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You're just like a dream
You're just like a dream

Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe her name
I opened up my eyes

And found myself alone, alone
 Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved
And drowned her deep inside of me

You
Soft and lonely
You
Lost and lonely
You
Just like heaven

Songwriters
BORIS WILLIAMS, LAURENCE ANDREW TOLHURST, PORL THOMPSON, ROBERT JAMES SMITH, SIMON GALLUP

Mad World -- Puddles Pity Party, ft. Haley Reinhart



I once showed a patient this TAT card and he said, "There’s a Tears for Fears music video with the same shot, a really sad song – “The dreams I dream I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had" -- “Mad World.” So I guess the guy got home and there’s not much going on in his place – it’s dark and depressing, he’s peering out, at the city below, or countryside, to escape from the darkness of his place. Later, after the sun goes down, he will turn on the lights, read a book, and just go to sleep. It's wishful thinking – having good stuff to look forward to. He's hopeful, but wary of being too hopeful."

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for the daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere

Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you,
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world, mad world

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
And to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen

Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me, what's my lesson?
Look right through me, look right through me

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you,
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world, mad world, enlarging your world, mad world

Songwriters
ROLAND ORZABAL

I'm Beginning to See the Light -- Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, ft. Joya Sherrill (1944)

Joya Sherrill at what looks to me like the Newport Jazz festival, early 1960s. The photo was in Life Magazine.

I never cared much for moonlit skies
I never wink back at fireflies
But now that the stars are in your eyes
I'm beginning to see the light

I never went in for afterglow
Or candlelight on the mistletoe
But now when you turn the lamp down low
I'm beginning to see the light

Used to ramble through the park
Shadow boxing in the dark
Then you came and caused a spark
That's a four-alarm fire, now

I never made love by lantern shine
I never saw rainbows in my wine
But now that your lips are burning mine
I'm beginning to see the light

I never cared much for moonlit skies
I never wink back at fireflies
But now that the stars are in your eyes
I'm beginning to see the light

I never went in for afterglow
Or candlelight on the mistletoe
But now when you turn the lamp down low
I'm beginning to see the light

Used to ramble through the park
Shadow boxing in the dark
Then you came and caused a spark
That's a four-alarm fire, now

I never made love by lantern shine
I never saw rainbows in my wine
But now that your lips are burning mine
I'm beginning to see the light

Now that the stars are in your eyes
I'm beginning to see the light
Now when you turn the lamp down low
I'm beginning to see the light

Used to ramble through the park
Shadow boxing in the dark
Then you came and caused a spark
That's a four-alarm fire, now

Now that your lips are burning mine
I'm beginning to see the light

I'm beginning to see the light
I'm beginning to see the light

Now that your lips are burning mine
I'm beginning to see the light

Songwriters
ELLINGTON, DUKE / JAMES, HARRY / GEORGE, DON / HODGES, JOHNNY

Satin Doll -- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, ft. Ella Fitzgerald (1949)

Cigarette holder which wigs me

over my shoulder, he digs me
Out cattin' my satin doll
Baby, shall we go out steppin', careful, amigo, you're flippin'
Speaks Latin, my satin doll

He's nobody's fool and I'm playing it cool as can be
I'll give it a whirl but I ain't for no boy catching me, swich-e-rooney
Telephone numbers well you know, I'm doing my rumbas with uno
And that'n my satin doll

Telephone numbers well you know,

I'm doing my rumbas with uno
And that'n my satin doll, and that'n my satin doll
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And that'n my satin doll, what a doll?
He is my satin doll
I had the craziest dream

Songwriters
ELLINGTON, DUKE

Dream a Little Dream of Me -- Cass Elliot (1968)

Stars shining bright above you
Night breezes seem to whisper: "I love you"
Birds singing in the sycamore tree
Dream a little dream of me


Say "nighty-night" and kiss me
Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me
While I'm alone and blue as can be
Dream a little dream of me


Stars fading, but I linger on, dear
Still craving your kiss
I'm longing to linger 'til dawn, dear
Just saying this


"Sweet dreams 'til sun beams find you"
Sweet dreams that leave our worries behind you
But in your dreams, whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me

Stars fading, but I linger on, dear
Still craving your kiss
I'm longing to linger 'til dawn, dear
Just saying this


"Sweet dreams 'til sun beams find you"
Sweet dreams that leave our worries far behind you
But in your dreams, whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me

Tea for Two -- Beverly Kenney (1956)

On April 13, 1960, Miss Kenney died by suicide (an overdose of alcohol and Seconal). She was 28 years old. I am glad to have learned that her work is still much admired in Japan.

I'm discontented with homes that I've rented
So I have invented my own.
Darling, this place is lovely oasis
Where life's weary taste is unknown

Far from the crowded city
Where flowers pretty caress the stream
Cozy to hide in, to live side by side in,
Don't let it apart in my dream

Picture me upon your knee
Just tea for two
And two for tea
Just me for you
And you for me alone

Nobody near us to see us or hear us
No friends or relations
On weekend vacations
We won't have it known
That we own a telephone, dear

Day will break and I'll wake
And start to bake a sugar cake
For you to take for all the boys to see

We will raise a family
A boy for you
And a girl for me
Can't you see how happy we would be

Picture you upon my knee
Just tea for two
And two for tea
Just me for you
And you for me alone

Nobody near us to see us or hear us
No friends or relations
On weekend vacations
We won't have it known
That we own a telephone, dear

Day will break, you'll wake
And start to bake a sugar cake
For you to take for all the boys to see

We will raise a family
A boy for you
And a girl for me
Can't you see how happy we would be

I Hate Rock n Roll -- Beverly Kenney (1958)

I'm growing weary of teenaged hoods
motor bikes blue jeans and Natalie Woods
I'm tired of rebels without a cause
say what ever happened to Santa Claus

roo to the rose and the baby roo
I for one must tell the tru-ee-u-do do

I don't care who knows it. I hate rock n roll
I don't care who knows it. I hate rock n roll

I want to sing I love you in a natural way
I don't want to sing I-la-hov you, not that way
I don't care who knows it. I hate rock n roll

Young love, true love
is overrated
and blue suede shoes
they should be confiscated
What is the answer to a teenaged prayer?
Frankly speaking I don't care I don't care

I don't care who knows it. I hate rock n roll
I don't care who knows it. I swear that I hate rock n roll

Don't want to slip skip or swing a guitar
or anything to do with that vernacular
I don't care who knows
so I'm last on the hit record polls
because I hate rock n roll. do ba do ba dee
I hate rock and roll

Let's Call the Whole Thing Off -- Billie Holiday (1937)

You say either
And I say either
You say neither
And I say neither
Either, either, neither, neither
Let's call the whole thing off

 

You like potatoes
And I like potahtoes
You like tomatoes
And I like tomahtoes
Potatoes, potahtoes, tomatoes, tomahtoes
Let's call the whole thing off

 

But oh, if we call the whole thing off
Then we must part
And oh, if we ever part
Then that might break my heart

 

So it you like pajahmas and I like pajamas
I'll wear pajahmas and give up pajamas
For we know we need each other
So we'd better call the calling off, off
Let's call the whole thing off

 

So if you go for oysters
And I go for erysters
I'll order oysters and cancel the erysters
For we know we need each other
So we'd better call the calling off, off
Let's call the whole thing off

 

 

 

The Way You Look Tonight -- Ella Fitzgerald (1963)

Some day, when I'm awfully low
When the world is cold
I will feel a glow just thinking of you
And the way you look tonight

Oh but, you're charming, with your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft
There is nothing for me but to love you
Just the way you look tonight

With each word your tenderness grows
Tearin' my fear apart
And that laugh wrinkles your nose
Touches my foolish heart

Charming never, never change
Keep that breathless charm
Won't you please arrange it 'cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight

Just the way you look tonight

Songwriters
KERN, JEROME / FIELDS, DOROTHY

Nice Work If You Can Get It -- Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee (1962)

Holdin' hands at midnight
'neath a starry sky
Nice work if you can get it
And you can get it if you try

Strollin' with the one girl
Sighin' sigh after sigh
Nice work if you can get it
And you can get it if you try

Just imagine someone
Waiting at the cottage door
Where two hearts become one
Who could ask for anything more?

Loving one who loves you
And then takin' that vow
Nice work if you can get it
And if you get it won't you tell me how?

[very brief instrumental]

Holdin' hands at midnight
'neath a starry sky
[last two lines are instrumental]

And strollin' with the one girl
Sighing sigh after sigh
[last two lines are instrumental]

Just imagine someone
Waiting at the cottage door
Where two hearts become one
Who could ask for anything more?

Loving one who loves you
And then takin' that vow
Nice work if you can get it
And if you get it won't you tell me how? 

It Ain't Necessarily So -- Peggy Lee (1956)

It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible,
It ain't necessarily so.

Now david was small but oh my
Little david was small but oh my
He fought big goliath
Who lay down and dieth
David was small but oh my.

Moses was found on a stream
Moses was found on a stream
He floated on water
Till Ol' Pharaoh's daughter,
Fished him she says from that stream

To get into heaven,
don't snap for a second
Live clean forget your faults
I take the gospel
whenever it's possible
But with a grain of salt

Methuselah lived 900 years
Methuselah lived 900 years
Who calls that livin'
When no gal will give in
To no man what's 900 years

It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible,
It ain't necessarily so.

I'm Beginning to See the Light - Peggy Lee (1945)

Oops, just realized I posted this last April. No matter. It's awesome.

I never cared much for moonlit skies
I never wink back at fireflies
But now that the stars are in your eyes
I'm beginning to see the light

I never went in for afterglow
Or candlelight on the mistletoe
But now when you turn the lamp down low
I'm beginning to see the light

Used to ramble through the park
Shadowboxing in the dark
Then you came and caused a spark
That's a four-alarm fire now

I never made love by lantern-shine
I never saw rainbows in my wine
But now that your lips are burning mine
I'm beginning to see the light

Used to ramble through the park
Shadowboxing in the dark
Then you came and caused a spark
That's a four-alarm fire now

I never made love by lantern-shine
I never saw rainbows in my wine
But now that your lips are burning mine
I'm beginning to see the light

Fly Me to the Moon -- Julie London (1964)

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

 

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

 

Songwriters
BART HOWARD

 

 

Whatever Lola Wants -- Sarah Vaughn (1955)

Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets
And little man, little Lola wants you
Make up your mind to have (make up your mind to have)
No regrets (no regrets)
Recline yourself, resign yourself, you're through

I always get what I aim for
And your heart and soul is what I came for
Whatever Lola wants (Lola wants), Lola gets (Lola gets)
Take off your coat, don't you know you can't win
(Can't win, you'll never, never win)
You're no exception to the rule
I'm irresistible you fool
Give in (Give in, you'll never win)

Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets

I always get what I aim for
And your heart and soul is what I came for
Whatever Lola wants (Lola wants), Lola gets (Lola gets)
Take off your coat, don't you know you can't win
(Can't win, you'll never, never win)
You're no exception to the rule
I'm irresistible you fool
Give in (give in, you'll never win)
Give in (give in, you'll never win)
Give in.

Songwriters
RICHARD ADLER, JERRY ROSS

 

 

 

I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart -- Mildred Baily

 

 

I let a song go out of my heart
It was the sweetest melody
I know I lost heaven 'cause you were the song

Since you and I have drifted apart

 

Life doesn't mean a thing to me
Please come back, sweet music, I know I was wrong

Am I too late to make amends'
You know that we were meant to be more than just friends, just friends

I let a song go out of my heart
Believe me, darlin', when I say
I won't know sweet music until you return some day

<instrumental break>

I let a song go out of my heart
Believe me, darlin', when I say
I won't know sweet music until you return some day