1. _ Don't Cry, Joe (let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)
Don't cry, joe,
Let her go, let her go, let her go,
Don't cry, joe,
Let her go, let her go, let her go.
You got to realize this is the wind-up,
You're gonna feel much better once you made your mind up.
Don't cry, joe,
Let her go, let her go, let her go.
So you lost your gal,
It's happened many times before,
So you sit and mope like a dope,
What's that good for,
Get a hold of yourself,
Forget her,
You lived long before you met her.
There're lots of other girls,
So i say,
Don't cry, joe,
Let her go, let her go, let her go.
Don't cry, joe,
Let her go, let her go, let her go.
You got to realize this is the wind-up,
You'll feel much better once you made your mind up.
Don't cry, joe,
Let her go, let her go, let her go.
Take a look around and see just what you're missing,
You'll soon forget your troubles, joe,
If you'd only listen.
So don't cry, joe,
Let her go, let her go, joe, let her go.
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2. _ Body And Soul
My heart is sad and lonely
For you i sigh, for you dear only
Why haven't you seen it
I'm all for you body and soul
I spend my days in longin'
And wondering why it's me you're (ogling)
I tell you i mean it
I'm all for you body and soul
I can't believe it
It's hard to conceive it
That you turn away romance
Are you pretending
It looks like the ending
And less i could have one more chance to prove, dear
My life a wreck you're making
You know i'm yours for just the taking
I'd gladly surrender myself to you body and soul
My life a wreck you're making
You know i'm yours for just the taking
I would gladly surrender myself to you body and soul
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3. _ The Continental
Beautiful music
Dangerous rhythm
It's something daring, the continental
A way of dancing that's really ultra-new
It's very subtle, the continental
Because it does what you want it to do
It has a passion, the continental
An invitation to moonlight and romance
It's quite the fashion, the continental
Because you tell of your love while you dance
You kiss while you're dancing
It's continental, ooh, it's continental
You sing while you're dancing
Your voice is gentle and so sentimental
You'll know before the dance is through
That you're in love with her and she's in love with you
You'll find while you're dancin'
That there's a rhythm in your heart and soul
A certain rhythm that you can't control
And you will do the continental all the time
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You'll find while you're dancin'
That there's a rhythm in your heart and soul
A certain rhythm that you can't control
And you will do the continental all the time
Beautiful music
Dangerous rhythm
The continental!
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4. _ September Song
Writer(s): anderson/weill
Oh, it's a long, long while from may to december
But the days grow short when you reach september
When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame
One hasn't got time for the waiting game
Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few
September, november
And these few precious days i'll spend with you
These precious days i'll spend with you
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5. _ Nearness Of You, The
Writer(s): ned washington, hoagy carmichael
Its not the pale moon that excites me
That thrills and delights me, oh no
Its just the nearness of you
It isnt your sweet conversation
That brings this sensation, oh no
Its just the nearness of you
When youre in my arms and i feel you so close to me
All my wildest dreams come true
I need no soft lights to enchant me
If youll only grant me the right
To hold you ever so tight
And to feel in the night the nearness of you
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6. _ There's No Business Like Show Business
There's no business like show business like no business i know
Everything about it is appealing, everything that traffic will allow
Nowhere could you get that happy feeling when you are stealing that extra bow
There's no people like show people, they smile when they are low
Even with a turkey that you know will fold, you may be stranded out in the cold
Still you wouldn't change it for a sack of gold, let's go on with the show
The butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clerk
Are secretly unhappy men because
The butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clerk
Get paid for what they do but no applause.
They'd gladly bid their dreary jobs goodbye for anything theatrical and why?
There's no business like show business and i tell you it's so
Traveling through the country is so thrilling, standing out in front on opening nights
Smiling as you watch the theater filling, and there's your billing out there in lights
There's no people like show people, they smile when they are low
Angels come from everywhere with lots of jack, and when you lose it, there's no attack
Where could you get money that you don't give back? let's go on with the show
(there's no business like show business like no business i know)
You get word before the show has started that your favorite uncle died at dawn
Top of that, your pa and ma have parted, you're broken-hearted, but you go on
(there's no people like show people, they smile when they are low)
Yesterday they told you you would not go far, that night you open and there you are
Next day on your dressing room they've hung a star, let's go on with the show!!
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7. _ I Only Have Eyes For You
Writer(s): warren/dubin
My love must be a kind of blind love
I can't see anyone but you
And dear, i wonder if you find love
An optical illusion, too?
Are the stars out tonight?
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright
'cause i only have eyes for you, dear
The moon may be high
But i can't see a thing in the sky
'cause i only have eyes for you.
I don't know if we're in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue
You are here, so am i
Maybe millions of people go by
But they all disappear from view
And i only have eyes for you
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8. _ Almost Like Being In Love
Writer(s): lerner/loewe
What a day this has been
What a rare mood i'm in
Why it's almost like being in love
There's a smile on my face
For the whole human race
Why it's almost like being in love
All the music of life seems to be
(just) like a bell that is ringing for me
And from the way that i feel
When the bell starts to peel
I would swear i was falling, i could swear i was falling
- it's almost like being in love
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9. _ Stormy Weather
Don't know why
There's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my gal and i ain't together
Keeps raining all the time
Life is bare
Gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather
Just can't get my poor old self together
I'm weary all the time
Every time
So weary all of the time
When she went away
The blues walked in and then they met me
If she stays away
That old rocking chair's bound to get me
All i do is pray
The lord above will let me
Just walk in that sun again
Can't go on
Everything i had is gone
Stormy weather
Since my gal and i ain't together
Keeps raining all the time
Keeps raining all of the time
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10. _ Nancy
Writer(s): silvers/van heusen
If i don't see her each day, i miss her
Gee what a thrill, each time i kiss her
Believe me, i've got a case
On nancy, with the laughing face
She takes the winter and makes it summer
And summer could take some lessons from her
Picture a tomboy in lace
That's nancy with the laughing face
Have you ever heard mission bells ringing
Well she'll give you the very same glow
When she speaks you would think it was singing
Just hear her say hello
I swear to goodness, you can't resist her
She's mighty sweet, and wait till you see her sister
No angel could replace
Nancy, with the laughing face
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11. _ Song Is You, The
Writer(s): kern/hammerstein
I hear music when i look at you;
A beautiful theme of ev'ry
Dream i ever knew.
Down deep in my heart i hear it play.
I feel it start, then melt away.
I hear music when i touch your hand;
A beautiful melody
>from some enchanted land.
Down deep in my heart, i hear it say,
Is this the day?
I alone have heard this lovely strain,
I alone have heard this glad refrain:
Must it be forever inside of me,
Why can't i let it go,
Why can't i let you know,
Why can't i let you know the song
My heart would sing?
That beautiful rhapsody
Of love and youth and spring,
The music is sweet,
The words are true -
The song is you.
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12. _ That Old Feeling
I saw you last night and got that old feeling
When you came in sight, i got that old feeling
The moment that you danced by, i felt a thrill
And when you caught my eye, my heart stood still
Once again i seemed to feel that old yearning
Then i knew the spark of love was still burning
There'll be no new romance for me, it's foolish to start
'cause that old feeling is still in my heart
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There'll be no new romance for me, it's foolish to start
'cause that old feeling is still in my heart
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13. _ Saturday Night (is The Loneliest Night Of The Week)
Writer(s): cahn/van heusen
Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
'cause that's the night that my sweetie and i
Used to dance cheek to cheek
I don't mind sunday night at all
'cause that's the night friends come to call
And monday to friday go fast
And another week is past
But saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
I sing the song that i sang for the memories i usually seek
Until i hear you at the door
Until you're in my arms once more
Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
Mmmm... saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
I sing the song that i sang for the memories i usually seek
Until i hear you at the door
Until you're in my arms once more
Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
Until i hear you at the door
Until you're in my arms once more
Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
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14. _ I'm A Fool To Want You
Writer(s): wolf/herron/sinatra
I'm a fool to want you
I'm a fool to want you
To want a love that can't be true
A love that's there for others too
I'm a fool to hold you
Such a fool to hold you
To seek a kiss not mine alone
To share a kiss that devil has known
Time and time again i said i'd leave you
Time and time again i went away
But then would come the time when i would need you
And once again these words i had to say
Take me back, i love you
...i need you
I know it's wrong, it must be wrong
But right or wrong i can't get along
Without you
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15. _ All Of Me
Writer(s): simons
All of me - why not take (come on get) all of me
Can't you see - i'm no good (just a mess) without you
Take my lips - i want to lose them
Take (get a piece of) my (these) arms - i'll never use them
Your good-bye - left me with eyes that cry
How can i - get along (ever make it) without you
(you know) you took (got) the part - that once was (used to be) my heart
So why not - why not take all of me
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16. _ Blue Skies
Writer(s): irving berlin
Blue skies, smilin' at me
Nothin' but blues skies do i see
Bluebirds singin' a song
Nothin' but bluebirds all day long
All the days are hurryin' by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
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17. _ Where Or When
When you're awake, the things you think
Come from the dream you dream
Thought has wings, and lots of things
Are seldom what they seem
Sometimes you think you've lived before
All that you live to day
Things you do come back to you
As though they knew the way
Oh the tricks your mind can play
It seems we stood and talked like this, before
We looked at each other in the same way then
But i can't remember where or when
The clothes you're wearing are the close, you wore
The smile you are smiling you were smiling then
But i can't remember where or when
Some things that happened for the first time
Seem to be happening again
And so it seems that we have met before
And that we laughed before, also loved before
But who knows where or when
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18. _ There's No You
Writer(s): author;
I feel the autumn breeze
It steals cross my pillow
As soft as a will-o'-the-wisp
And in its song there is sadness because
There's no you
The lonely autumn trees
How softly they're sighing
For summer is dying they know
That in my heart there's no gladness because
There's no you
The park that we walked in
The garden we talked in
How lonesome they seem in the fall
The stormy clouds hover and falling leaves cover
Our favorite nook in the wall
In spring we'll meet again
We'll kiss and recapture
The summertime rapture
We knew
And from that day never more will i say
There's no you
The stormy clouds hover and falling leaves cover
Our favorite nook in the wall
In spring we'll meet again
We'll kiss and recapture
The summertime rapture
We knew
And from that day never more will i say
There's no you
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19. _ Night And Day
Writer(s): cole porter
Like the beat beat beat of the tom-tom
When the jungle shadows fall
Like the tick tick tock of the stately clock
As it stands against the wall
Like the drip drip drip of the raindrops
When the summer shower is through
So a voice within me keeps repeating you, you, you
Night and day, you are the one
Only you beneath the moon or under the sun
Whether near to me, or far
It's no matter darling where you are
I think of you
Day and night, night and day, why is it so
That this longing for you follows wherever i go
In the roaring traffic's boom
In the silence of my lonely room
I think of you
Day and night, night and day
Under the hide of me
There's an oh such a hungry yearning burning inside of me
And this torment won't be through
Until you let me spend my life making love to you
Day and night, night and day
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20. _ Sweet Lorraine
Just found joy
I'm as happy as a baby boy
When he's playing with his choo-choo toy
When i'm with my sweet lorraine
She's got a pair of eyes
That are bluer than the summer sky
When you see her you're gonna realize
Why i love my sweet lorraine
When it's raining i don't miss the sun
'cause it's in my sweetie's smile
Just think that i'm the lucky one
Who will lead her down the aisle
Each night how i pray
That nobody steals her heart away
I can't wait until that lucky day
When i marry my lorraine
When it's raining i never miss the sun
'cause it's in my sweetie smile
Just the think that i'm the lucky one
Who's gonna lead her down the aisle
Each night how i pray
That nobody steals her heart away
I can't wait until that lucky day
That'll be the day when i marry my lorraine
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21. _ Why Was I Born?
Why was i born, why am i livin'?
What do i get, what am i givin'?
Why do i want a thing i daren't hope for?
What can i hope for? i wish i knew
Why do i try to draw you near me?
Why do i do i cry? you never hear me
I'm a poor fool, but what can i do?
Why was i born to love you?
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I'm a poor fool, but what can i do?
Why was i born to love you?
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Spending these lonesome evenings with nothing to do
But to live in dreams that i make up all by myself
Dreaming that you're beside me, i picture the prettiest stories
Only to wake up all by myself what is the good of me by myself?
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22. _ You Go To My Head
Writer(s): gillespie/coots
You go to my head and you linger like a haunting refrain
And i find you spinning 'round in my brain
Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne
You go to my head like a sip of sparkling burgundy brew
And i find the very mention of you
Like the kicker in a julep or two
The thrill of the thought that you might give a thought to my plea
Cast a spell over me
Still i say to myself get a hold of yourself
Can't you see that it never can be
You go to my head with a smile that makes my temperature rise
Like a summer with a thousand julys
You intoxicate my soul with your eyes
Though i'm certain that this heart of mine
Hasn't a ghost of a chance in this crazy romance
You go to my head
You go to my head
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23. _ Everybody Loves Somebody
Writer(s): taylor/lane
Everybody loves somebody sometime
Everybody falls in love somehow
Something in your kiss just told me
(that) my sometime is now
Everybody finds somebody someplace
There's no telling where love may appear
Something in my heart keeps saying
(that) my someplace is here
If i had it in my power
I'd arrange for every girl to have your charm
Then every minute, every hour
Every boy would find what i've found in your arms
Everybody loves somebody sometime
And although my dream was overdue
Your love made it well worth waiting
For someone like you
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24. _ Someone To Watch Over Me
Writer(s): gershwin/gershwin
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 who'll watch over me
I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood
I know i could always be good
Someone 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
Won't you tell him please to put on some speed
Follow my lead, oh, how i need
Someone to watch over me
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25. _ These Foolish Things
A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant
A fairground's painted swings
These foolish things remind me of you
You came, you saw, you conquered me
When you did that to me
I knew somehow this had to be
The winds of march that make my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but who's to answer?
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you
The smile of turner and the scent of roses
The waiters whistling as the last bar closes
The song that crosby sings
These foolish things remind me of you
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26. _ When Your Lover Has Gone
Writer(s): swan
What good is the scheming, the planning and dreaming
That comes with each new love affair
The dreams that we cherish, so often might perish
And leaves you with castles in air
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
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27. _ I've Got A Crush On You
How glad the many millions of annabelles and lillians
Would be to capture me
But you had such persistence, you wore down my resistance
I fell and it was swell
I'm your big and brave and handsome romeo
How i won you i shall never never know
It's not that you're attractive
But, oh, my heart grew active
When you came into view
I've got a crush on you, sweetie pie
All the day and night-time give me sigh
I never had the least notion that
I could fall with so much emotion
Could you coo, could you care
For a cunning cottage we could share
The world will pardon my mush
'cause i have got a crush on you
Could you coo, could you care
For a cunning cottage
That we could share
The world will pardon my mush
'cause i have got a crush, my baby, on you
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28. _ All Or Nothing At All
Writer(s): lawrence/altman
All or nothing at all
Half a love, never appealed to me
If your heart, never could yield to me
Then i'd rather (rather) have nothing at all
All or nothing at all
If it's love, there is no in between
Why begin then cry, for something that might have been
No i'd rather (rather) have nothing at all
But please don't bring your lips so close to my cheek
Don't smile or i'll be lost beyond recall
The kiss in your eyes, the touch of your hand makes me weak
And my heart may go dizzy and fall
And if i fell (i fell) under the spell of your call
I would be, caught in the undertow
So you see, i've got to say no, no
All or nothing at all
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29. _ Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
The torch i carry is handsome
It's worth its heartache in ransom
Now when that twilight steals
I know how the lady in the harbor feels
When i want rain, i get sunny weather
I'm just as blue, blue as the sky
Since love has gone, i can't get myself together
Guess i'll hang my tears out to dry
My friend ask me out, but i tell them i'm busy
I've got to get a new alibi
I hang around at home, and ask myself: "where is she?"
Guess i'll hang my tears out to dry
Dry little tear drops, my little tear drops
Moving on a stream of dreams
My little memories, those precious memories
Remind me of our crazy schemes
Then somebody says, just forget about her
But i gave that treatment a try
Strangely enough, i got along without her
Then one day she passed me right by - oh well
I guess i'll hang my tears out to dry
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30. _ It Never Entered My Mind
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
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31. _ It All Depends On You
Writer(s): desylva/brown/henderson
Lovers depend on moonlight for a love affair
Babies depend on mothers for their tender care
Flowers depend on sunshine, and the morning dew
Each thing depends on something, and i depend on you
I can be happy, i can be sad
I can be good, i can be bad
It all depends on you
I can be lonely out in a crowd
I can be humble, i can be proud
It all depends on you
I can save money, or spend it
Go roght on living, or end it
You're to blama, baby, for what i do
I know that i can be beggar, i can be king
I can be almost any old thing
It all depends on you
Isn't it sweet to know, dear, you can help me on?
Wouldn't it hurt, to know, dear, all my hopes were gone?
Wouldn't it make you proud, dear, if i made a name?
But if i failed to win, dear, would you want all the blame?
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32. _ House I Live In, The
Writer(s): robinson/allen
What is america to me
A name, a map, or a flag i see
A certain word, democracy
What is america to me
The house i live in
A plot of earth, a street
The grocer and the butcher
Or the people that i meet
The children in the playground
The faces that i see
All races and religions
That's america to me
The place i work in
The worker by my side
The little town the city
Where my people lived and died
The howdy and the handshake
The air a feeling free
And the right to speak your mind out
That's america to me
The things i see about me
The big things and the small
That little corner newsstand
Or the house a mile tall
The wedding and the churchyard
The laughter and the tears
And the dream that's been a growing
For more than two hundred years
The town i live in
The street, the house, the room
The pavement of the city
Or the garden all in bloom
The church the school the clubhouse
The millions lights i see
But especially the people
- yes especially the people
That's america to me
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33. _ If You Are But A Dream
writer(s): moe jaffe - jack fulton - nat bonx
If you are but a dream
I hope i never waken,
It's more than i could bear
To find that i'm forsaken.
If you're a fantasy
Then i'm content to be
In love with lovely you,
And pray my dream comes true.
I long to kiss you
But i would not dare,
I'm so a-fraid that
You may vanish in the air,
So darling,
If our romance would break up,
I hope i never wake up,
If you are but a dream.
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34. _ Falling In Love With Love
Writer(s): rodgers/hart
I weave with brightly colored strings
To keep my mind off other things
So, ladies, let your fingers dance
And keep your hands out of romance
Lovely witches
Let the stitches
Keep your fingers under control
Cut the thread, but leave
The whole heart whole
Merrry maids can sew and sleep
Wives can only sew and weep
Falling in love with love
Is falling for make-believe
Falling in love with love
Is playing the fool
Caring too much is juvenile fancy
Learning to trust is just
For children in school
I fell in love with love one night
When the mood was full
I was unwise with eyes
Unable to see
I fell in love with love
With love everlasting
But love fell out with me
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35. _ Put Your Dreams Away
Writer(s): lowe/weiss/mann
Put your dreams away for another day
And i will take their place in your heart
Wishing on a star never got you far
And so it's time to make a new start
When your dreams at night
Fade before you
Then i'll have the right
To adore you
Let your kiss confess this is happiness, darling
And put all your dreams away
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36. _ I Believe (i Believe, I Believe In Wishing Wells)
I believe, i believe,
I believe in wishing wells,
But i also believe in a lot of things,
Things the daisy tells,
I believe, i believe that a four-leaf clover brings,
Lots of luck, lots of joy, lots of happiness,
I believe those things.
And when it's christmas time i believe in santa claus,
Why do i believe, i guess that i believe because
I believe, i believe,
I believe that dreams come true,
If you wish for a dream by a wishing well,
Don't tell your wish or you'll break the spell,
It may sound na‹ve, but that's what i believe.
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And when it's christmas,
I try to believe in santa claus,
Why do i believe,
I guess that i believe because
I believe, i believe,
I do believe that dreams come true,
And if you wish for a dream by the wishing well,
Don't you tell the wish or you'll break the spell,
It may sound na‹ve,
But that's what i happen to believe.
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