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In the Wee Small Hours
by Frank Sinatra
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3.6736
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3.8000
In the Wee Small Hours Lyrics
Lyrics
Disc
Track
Title
- (D. Mann, B. Hilliard)
- In the wee small hours of the morning,
- While the whole wide world is fast asleep,
- You lie awake and think about the girl
- And never, ever think of counting sheep.
- When your lonely heart has learned its lesson,
- You'd be hers if only she would call,
- In the wee small hours of the morning,
- That's the time you miss her most of all.
- [Musical interlude]
- When your lonely heart has learned its lesson,
- You'd be hers if only she would call,
- In the wee small hours of the morning,
- That's the time you miss her most of all.
- (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
- You ain't been blue; no, no, no.
- You ain't been blue,
- Till you've had that mood indigo.
- That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
- While I sit and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
- Always get that mood indigo,
- Since my baby said goodbye.
- In the evenin' when lights are low,
- I'm so lonesome I could cry.
- 'Cause there's nobody who cares about me,
- I'm just a soul who's
- Bluer than blue can be.
- When I get that mood indigo,
- I could lay me down and die.
- (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
- Look at yourself, if you had a sense of humor
- You would laugh to beat the band
- Look at yourself, do you still believe the rumor
- That romance is simply grand?
- Since you took it right on the chin
- You have lost that bright toothpaste grin
- My mental state is all a-jumble
- I sit around and sadly mumble
- Fools rush in, so here I am
- Very glad to be unhappy
- I can't win, but here I am
- More than glad to be unhappy
- Unrequited love's a bore
- And I've got it pretty bad
- But for someone you adore
- It's a pleasure to be sad
- Like a straying baby lamb
- With no mammy and no pappy
- I'm so unhappy
- But oh, so glad!
- (Hoagy Carmichael)
- I get along without you very well,
- Of course I do,
- Except when soft rains fall
- And drip from leaves, then I recall
- The thrill of being sheltered in your arms.
- Of course, I do,
- But I get along without you very well.
- I've forgotten you just like I should,
- Of course I have,
- Except to hear your name,
- Or someone's laugh that is the same,
- But I've forgotten you just like I should.
- What a guy, what a fool am I,
- To think my breaking heart could kid the moon.
- What's in store? Should I phone once more?
- No, it's best that I stick to my tune.
- I get along without you very well,
- Of course I do,
- Except perhaps in Spring,
- But I should never think of Spring,
- For that would surely break my heart in two.
- (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen)
- I dim all the lights and I sink in my chair.
- The smoke from my cigarette climbs through the air.
- The walls of my room fade away in the blue,
- And I'm deep in a dream of you.
- The smoke makes a stairway for you to descend;
- You come to my arms, may this bliss never end,
- For we love anew just as we used to do
- When I'm deep in a dream of you.
- Then from the ceiling, sweet music comes stealing;
- We glide through a lover's refrain, you're so appealing
- That I'm soon revealing my love for you over again.
- My cigarette burns me, I wake with a start;
- My hand isn't hurt, but there's pain in my heart.
- Awake or asleep, ev'ry mem'ry I'll keep
- Deep in a dream of you.
- (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz)
- In a world of glitter and glow
- In a world of tinsel and show
- The unreal from the real thing is hard to know
- I discovered somebody who
- Could be truly worthy and true
- Yes, I met my ideal thing when I met you
- I see your face before me
- Crowding my every dream
- There is your face before me
- You are my only theme
- It doesn't matter where you are
- I can see how fair you are
- I close my eyes and there you are
- Always
- If you could share the magic
- Yes, if you could see me too
- There would be nothing tragic
- In all my dreams of you
- Would that my love could haunt you so
- Knowing I want you so
- I can't erase your beautiful face before me
- (Paul James, Kay Swift)
- I took each word she said as gospel truth
- The way a silly little child would.
- I can't excuse it on the grounds of youth,
- I was no babe in the wild, wild wood.
- She didn't mean it,
- I should have seen it,
- But now it's too late.
- I thought I'd found the girl of my dreams,
- Now it seems,
- This is how the story ends:
- She's gonna turn me down and say,
- "Can't we be friends?"
- I thought for once it couldn't go wrong,
- Not for long,
- I can see the way this ends:
- She's gonna turn me down and say,
- "Can't we be friends?"
- Why should I care though she gave me the air,
- Why should I cry,
- Heave a sigh,
- And wonder why,
- And wonder why?
- I thought I found the gal I could trust,
- Watta bust, this is how the story ends:
- She's gonna turn me down and say,
- "Can't we be just friends?"
- (Einar A. Swan)
- From ages to ages the poets and sages,
- Of love glorious love always sing,
- But ask any lover and you'll soon discover,
- The heartaches that romance can bring,
- When you're alone, who cares for starlit skies
- When you're alone, the magic moonlight dies
- At break of dawn, there is no sunrise
- When your lover has gone
- What lonely hours, the evening shadows bring
- What lonely hours, with memories lingering
- Like faded flowers, life can't mean anything
- When your lover has gone
- (Cole Porter)
- I was a hum-drum person
- Leading a life apart
- When love flew in through my window wide
- And quickened my hum-drum heart
- Love flew in thorugh my window
- I was so happy then
- But after love had stayed a little while
- Love flew out again
- What is this thing called love?
- This funny thing called love?
- Just who can solve its mystery?
- Why should it make a fool of me?
- I saw you there one wonderful day
- You took my heart and threw my heart away
- That's why I ask the Lawd up in Heaven above
- What is this thing called love?
- You gave me days of sunshine
- You gave me nights of cheer
- You made my life an enchanted dream
- 'Til somebody else came near
- Somebody else came near you
- I felt the winter's chill
- And now I sit and wonder night and day
- Why I love you still?
- (H. Arlen, E.Y. Harburg)
- Last night when we were young
- Love was a star, a song unsung
- Life was so new, so real so right
- Ages ago last night
- Today the world is old
- You flew away and time grew cold
- Where is that star that shone so bright
- Ages ago last night?
- To think that spring had depended
- On merely this: a look, a kiss
- To think that something so splendid
- Could slip away in one little daybreak
- So now, let's reminisce
- And recollect the sighs and the kisses
- The arms that clung
- When we were young last night
- (Alec Wilder)
- I'll be around,
- No matter how
- You treat me now
- I'll be around from now on.
- Your latest love
- Can never last,
- And when its past,
- I'll be around when he's gone
- Good-bye again,
- And if you find a love like mine
- Just now and then,
- Oh drop a line to say you `re feeling fine
- And when things go wrong
- Perhaps you'll see
- You're meant for me
- So I'll be around when he's gone.
- Good-bye again,
- And if you find a love like mine
- Just now and then,
- Oh drop a line to say your feeling fine
- And when things go wrong
- Perhaps you'll see
- You're meant for me
- So I'll be around when he's gone.
- (Arlen, Ted Koehler)
- Blow ill wind,
- Blow away,
- Let me rest today.
- You're blowin' me no good,
- No good.
- Go ill wind,
- Go away,
- Skies are oh so gray
- Around my neighborhood,
- And that ain't good
- You're only misleadin' the sunshine I'm needin',
- Ain't that a shame
- It's so hard to keep up with troubles that creep up
- From out of nowhere,
- When love's to blame.
- So ill wind, blow away.
- Let me rest today.
- You're blowin' me no good.
- [Musical interlude]
- So, ill wind, blow away,
- Please let me rest today.
- You're blowing me no good, no good, no good.
- Once I laughed when I heard you saying
- That I'd be playing solitaire
- Uneasy in my easy chair
- It never entered my mind
- And once you told me I was mistaken
- That I'd awaken with the sun
- And ordered orange juice for one
- It never entered my mind
- You had what I lack, myself
- Now I even have to scratch my back myself
- Once you warned me that if you scorned me
- I'd say a lonely prayer again
- And wish that you were there again
- To get into my hair again
- It never entered my mind
- Once you warned me that if you scorned me
- I'd say a lonely prayer again
- And wish that you were there again
- To get into my hair again
- It never entered my mind
- (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
- The world is lyrical
- Because a miracle
- Has brought my lover to me
- Though he's some other place
- His face I see
- At night I creep in bed
- And never sleep in bed
- But look above in the air
- And to my greatest joy my boy is there
- It his prince and walks
- Into my dreams and talks
- He dances overhead
- On the ceiling near my bed
- In my sight
- Through the night
- I tried to hide in vain
- Underneath my counterpane
- There's my love up above
- I whisper "go away my lover it's not fair"
- But I'm so grateful to discover he's till there
- I love my ceiling more since it is a dancing floor
- Just for my love
- (Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli)
- I'll never be the same
- Stars have lost their meaning for me
- I'll never be the same
- Nothing's what it once used to be.
- And the song birds that sing
- Tell me it's spring
- I can't believe their song
- Once Love was king
- But kings can be wrong
- I'll never be the same
- There is such an ache in my heart
- Never be the same
- Since we're apart
- There's such a lot
- That a smile can hide
- I know deep inside
- I'll never be the same
- Never be the same again
- I'll never be the same
- There is such an ache in my heart
- Never be the same
- Since we're apart
- There's such a lot
- That a smile can hide
- I know down deep inside
- I'll never be the same
- Never be the same again
- (Sol Parker, Henry W. Sanicola, Jr., Frank Sinatra)
- This love of mine goes on and on,
- Tho' life is empty since you have gone.
- You're always on my mind, tho' out of sight
- It's lonesome thru the day,
- But oh! the night.
- I cry my heart out it's bound to break,
- Since nothing matters, let it break.
- I ask the sun and the moon,
- The stars that shine,
- What's to become of it, this love of mine.
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