The Quintessential - Volume 1

Abner silver / al sherman

Never dared to have your arms around me
Not that i considered it a sin
But tonight i want your arms around me
It's the mood that i'm in
Can it be the music that they're playin'
Or the magic of the violin
That intrigues my heart to obeyin'
It's the mood that i'm in
Maybe it's the cocktail that i'm sippin'
Tonight i'm so romantically inclined
So speak to me of love
In words so tender
Let the rhapsody of life begin
I could give my heart in sweet surrender
It's the mood i'm in

Oscar hammerstein ii / jerome kern

Why was i born
Why am i livin'
What do i get
What am i givin'
Why do i want for things
I dare not hope for
What can i hope for
I wish i knew
Why do i try
To draw you near me
Why do i cry
You never hear me
I'm a poor fool
But what can i do
Oh baby why was i born
To love you

Johnny mercer / richard whiting

Sentimental and melancholy
Whenever i think about you
It's only a mood,
A brief interlude
That's better described as just feeling blue

I suppose that it's just my folly
To keep it alive as i do
But it's a kind of sugar coated misery
And foolish as it seems
I thought i'd like to be
Sentimental and melancholy
Whenever i think about you

Arthur johnston / johnny burke

Oh every time it rains
It rains pennies from heaven
Don't you know each cloud contains
Pennies from heaven
You'll find your fortune
Fallin' all over town
Be sure that your umbrella is upside down
Trade them for a package of sunshine and flowers
It you want the things you love
You must have showers
So when you hear it thunder
Don't run under a tree
There'll be pennies from heaven
For you and me

The world was bright when you loved me
Sweet was the touch of your lips
The world went dark when you left me
And then there came a total eclipse
Nobody knows how cruel fate can be
How close together love and hate can be
Goodbye, just clean the slate for me
That's life i guess

Dorothy fields / jimmy mchugh

Don't want my manny
I don't need a friend
My heart is broken
It won't ever mend
I ain't much carin'
Just where i will end
I must have that man

I'm like an oven
That's cryin' for heat
He treats me awful
Each time that we meet
It's just unlawful
How that boy can cheat
But i must have that man

He's hot as hades
A lady's not safe in his arms
When she's kissed
But i'm afraid that he's cooled off
And maybe i'm ruled off his list
I'll never be missed

I need that person much worse'n just bad
I'm falf alive and it's drivin' me mad
He's only human if he's to be had
I must have that man
Don't want my manny
I don't need a friend
My heart is broken
It won't ever mend
I ain't much carin'
Just where i will end
I must have that man

I'm like an oven
That's cryin' for heat
He treats me awful
Each time that we meet
It's just unlawful
How that boy can cheat
But i must have that man

He's hot as hades
A lady's not safe in his arms
When she's kissed
But i'm afraid that he's cooled off
And maybe i'm ruled off his list
I'll never be missed

I need that person much worse'n just bad
I'm half alive and it's drivin' me mad
He's only human if he's to be had
I must have that man

Irving berlin

This year's crop of kisses
Don't seem as sweet to me
This year's crop just misses
What kisses used to be
This year's new romance
Doesn't seem to have a chance
Even helped by mr. moon above
This year's crop of kisses is not for me
For i'm still wearin' last year's love

Dorothy fields / jimmy mchugh

I can't give you anything but love, baby
That's the only thing i've plenty of, baby
Dream a while scheme a while
We're sure to find
Happiness and i guess
All those things you've always pined for
Gee, i'd like to see you looking swell, baby
Diamond bracelets woolworth doesn't sell, baby
Till that lucky day
You know darned well, baby
I can't give you anything but love

Mack gordon / harry revel

One never knows, does one?
When love will come along
Then so suddenly life turns out to be a song

One never knows, does one?
The moment or the place
Then right before your eyes
Someone occupies your embrace

Someday look and you'll find
Two hearts were blest
Someday fate may be kind
Pray for the future
Hope for the best
One never knows, does one?

That's just the way it goes
All at once you hear
"hold me. caress me"
And then love may come
But when, one never knows