unknown

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 18 in 1957
-previously charted in 1947 by vaughn monroe (#1)
-previously charted in 1948 by buddy clark (#5); bing crosby (#10); and jimmy
-dorsey (also #10)
-words and music by bob russell and carl sigman


Dance, ballerina, dance
And do your pirouette in rhythm with your achin' heart
Dance, ballerina, dance
You mustn't once forget a dancer has to dance the part

Whirl, ballerina, whirl
And just ignore the chair that's empty in the second row
This is your moment, girl
Although he's not out there applauding as you steal the show

Once you said his love must wait its turn
You wanted fame instead
I guess that's your concern
We live and learn

And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career, you can't afford a backward glance
Dance on and on and on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As 'round and 'round you go
So ballerina, dance
Dance, dance!

<instrumental interlude>
Whirl ballerina
<instrumental interlude>

Once you said his love must wait its turn
You wanted fame instead
I guess that's your concern
We live and learn

And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career, you can't afford a backward glance
Dance on and on and on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As 'round and 'round you go
So ballerina, dance

Dance

(bob russell, carl sigman)


Dance, ballerina, dance
And do your pirouette in rhythm with your achin' heart.
Dance, ballerina, dance
You mustn't once forget a dancer has to dance the part.


Whirl, ballerina, whirl
And just ignore the chair that's empty in the second row.
This is your moment, girl,
Although he's not out there applauding as you steal the show.


Once you said his love must wait its turn
You wanted fame instead.
I guess that's your concern,
We live and learn.


And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career, you can't afford a backward glance.
Dance on and on and on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As 'round and 'round you go
So ballerina, dance
Dance, dance!




Whirl, ballerina!




Once you said his love must wait its turn,
You wanted fame instead.
I guess that's your concern,
We live and learn.


And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career, you can't afford a backward glance
Dance on and on and on
A thousand people here have come to see the show
As 'round and 'round you go
So ballerina, dance!


Dance!

(don george, nathaniel cole)


Wa-oo-oo, wa-oo-oo,
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay...
Wa-oo-oo, wa-oo-oo,
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay...


Sittin' by de ocean
Me heart, she feel so sad,
Sittin' by de ocean,
Me heart, she feel so sad...
Don't got de money
To take me back to trinidad.


Fine calypso woman,
She cook me shrimp and rice,
Fine calypso woman,
She cook me shrimp and rice...
Dese yankee hot dogs
Don't treat me stomach very nice.


In trinidad, one dollar buy
Papaya juice, banana pie,
Six coconut, one female goat,
An' plenty fish to fill de boat.


One bushel bread, one barrel wine,
An' all de town, she come to dine.
But here is bad, one dollar buy
Cup of coffee, ham on rye.


Me throat she sick from necktie,
Me feet hurt from shoes.
Me pocket full of empty,
I got calypso blues.


Dese yankee girl give me big scare,
Is black de root, is blonde de hair.
Her eyelash false, her face is paint,
And pads are where de girl she ain't!


She jitterbug when she should waltz,
I even think her name is false.
But calypso girl is good a lot,
Is what you see, is what she got.


Sittin' by de ocean
Me heart, she feel so sad,
Sittin' by de ocean,
Me heart, she feel so sad...
Don't got de money
To take me back to trinidad.


Wa-oo-oo, wa-oo-oo,
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay...
Wa-oo-oo, wa-oo-oo,
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay...


(repeat chant to fade)

(harold arlen, billy rose, e. y. harburg)


Said it is only a paper moon
Sailing over a cardboard sea,
But it wouldn't be make believe
If you believed in me.


Say it is only a canvas sky
Hanging over a muslin tree,
But it wouldn't be make believe
If you believed in me.


Without your love,
It's a honky-tonk parade.
Without your love,
It's a melody played in a penny arcade.


It's a barnum and bailey world,
Just as phony as it can be,
But it wouldn't be make believe
If you believed in me.


~interlude~


Without your love,
It's a honky-tonk parade.
Without your love,
It's a melody played in a penny arcade.


It's a barnum and bailey world
Just as phony as it can be,
But it wouldn't be make believe
If you believed in me.

(words and music by rose, jolson & desilva)
This lyrics are like performed by natalie cole

I found my love in avalon beside the bay
I left my love in avalon and sailed away
I dream of her and avalon from dusk 'til dawn
And so i think i'll travel on to avalon

Nat king cole
(cole porter)
("can-can")

Every time i look down on this timeless town
Whether blue or gray be her skies.
Whether loud be her cheers or soft be her tears,
More and more do i realize:

I love paris in the springtime.
I love paris in the fall.
I love paris in the winter when it drizzles,
I love paris in the summer when it sizzles.

I love paris every moment,
Every moment of the year.
I love paris, why, oh why do i love paris?
Because my love is near.

(harry warren, al dubin)


I walk along the street of sorrow,
The boulevard of broken dreams.
Where gigolo and gigolette
Can take a kiss without regret
So they forget their broken dreams.


You laugh tonight and cry tomorrow,
When you behold your shattered dreams.
And gigolo and gigolette
Awake to find their eyes are wet
With tears that tell of broken dreams.


Here is where you'll always find me,
Always walking up and down.
But i left my soul behind me
In an old cathedral town.


The joy you find here, you borrow,
You cannot keep it long, it seems.
But gigolo and gigolette
Still sing a song and dance along
The boulevard of broken dreams.


~interlude~


Here is where you'll always find me,
Always walking up and down.
But i left my soul behind me
In an old cathedral town.


The joy you find here, you borrow,
You cannot keep it long, it seems.
But gigolo and gigolette
Still sing a song and dance along
The boulevard of broken dreams.

(dorothy wayne, ray rasch)


He who hesitates
When it comes to love
He will never know
The wonder of it all.
A kiss -- a sigh,
You'll never know
If you don't try.


He who hesitates
When her eyes say yes,
Just how much you've missed
You will never guess.


Your chance
Goes by
And it's too late
To wonder why.


Dreams cannot replace
The wonder of her smile.
The warmth of her embrace,
Don't let it
Escape you.


When you fall in love
And you feel the glow,
Take her in your arms
Never let her go.
Don't be
The one
To hesitate with love.


~interlude~


A kiss -- a smile
You'll never know
If you don't try.


When you fall in love
And you feel the glow,
Take her in your arms
Never let her go.
Don't be
The one
To hesitate...


Don't be
The one
Who hesitates...


Don't be
The one
Who hesitates...
With love.

(irving berlin)


Say it isn't so...
Say it isn't so.
Everyone is saying you don't love me,
Say it isn't so.


Everywhere i go,
Everyone i know
Whispers that you're growing tired of me,
Say it isn't so.


People say that you
Found somebody new,
And it won't be long before you leave me,
Say it isn't true.


Say that everything is still okay,
That's all i want to know.
And what they're saying,
Say it isn't so.


People say passing by
Say he's younger than i
And it won't be long before you leave me,
Tell me it's a lie.


Say that everything is still okay,
That's all i want to know.
And what they're saying,
Say it isn't so.

(charles singleton, rose marie mccoy)


You are my personal possession,
You're mine alone
You are my personal possession,
My very own.


Nobody else must kiss you but me,
Nobody else must miss you but me.
Nobody must dream of you but me,
And nobody else must love you but me.


You're my personal possession,
That's what you are.
You're my magnificent obsession,
My lucky star.


I own you exclusively,
Darling, you belong to me.
You're my personal possession,
My precious love!


(background vocals:)
(nobody else must kiss you but me,
Nobody else must miss you but me.
Nobody must dream of you but me)


(nat:)
And nobody else must love you but me.


You're my personal possession,
That's what you are.
You're my magnificent obsession,
My lucky star.


I own you exclusively,
Darling, you belong to me.
You're my personal possession,
My precious love!

(billy strayhorn)


I used to visit all the very gay places
Those come what may places
Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
To get the feel of life...
From jazz and cocktails.


The girls i knew had sad and sullen gray faces
With distant gay traces
That used to be there you could see where they'd been washed away
By too many through the day...
Twelve o'clock tales.


Then you came along with your siren of song
To tempt me to madness!
I thought for a while that your poignant smile was tinged with the sadness
Of a great love for me.


Ah yes! i was wrong...
Again,
I was wrong.


Life is lonely again,
And only last year everything seemed so sure.
Now life is awful again,
A troughful of hearts could only be a bore.
A week in paris will ease the bite of it,
All i care is to smile in spite of it.


I'll forget you, i will
While yet you are still burning inside my brain.
Romance is mush,
Stifling those who strive.
I'll live a lush life in some small dive...
And there i'll be, while i rot
With the rest of those whose lives are lonely, too..

(frankie laine, fred karger)


You're my magnificent obsession
The greatest wonder on this earth.
The taj mahal and other spendors
To me really have no worth.


You're my magificent possession,
A treasure lent me from above.
As long as i have breath within me,
You'll be my one and only love.


(interlude)


You're my magificent possession,
A treasure lent me from above.
As long as i have breath within me,
You'll be my one and only love.

-artist: nat king cole
-charted in 1954 by doris day (#3), denise lor (#8), connee boswell (#10);
-the wright brothers (#25), and dinah shore (#28).
-charted in 1959 by kitty kallen (#34)
-words and music by jimmie crane, al jacobs, and jimmy brewster


If i give my heart to you
Will you handle it with care?
Will you always treat me tenderly?
And in every way be fair?

If i give my heart to you
Will you give me all your love?
Will you swear that you'll be true to me?
By the light that shines above?

And will you sigh with me when i'm sad?
Smile with me when i'm glad?
And always be as you are with me tonight?

Think it over and be sure
Please don't answer till you do
When you promise all these things to me
Then i'll give my heart to you

<instrumental interlude>

Think it over and be sure
Please don't answer till you do
When you promise all these things to me
Then i'll give my heart to you

(cy coleman, joseph allen mccarthy)


I'm gonna laugh you right out of my life,
Laugh, and forget this affair
Guess i was foolish
To care.


So i'm gonna dance you right out of my dreams,
Try to be carefree and gay
I guess i'll learn to play
The part.


'cause when our friends begin that
Heartless rumor,
I know i'll really need my
Sense of humor.


I'm gonna laugh you right out of my life,
Make it a beautiful joke.
No one will know you broke
My heart.


But if i find you and i
Really meant that last goodbye,
Then i'm gonna laugh so hard,
I'll cry.


~interlude~




But if i find you and i
Really meant that last goodbye,
Then i'm gonna laugh so hard...
I'll cry.

(and i'll be there at no particular time)
(pyle/robinson/terker)


Baby, we two can't get along,
I'm never right, you're never wrong.
So meet me at no special place,
And i'll be there at no particular time.


Baby, it just ain't common sense
Mixin' up love with arguments.
So meet me at no special place,
And i'll be there at no particular time.


I'm all fed up on stormy weather,
I'm going where it's june.
Here's hopin' i see you never
'cause if i do, that will be too soon.


Now that i've put my heart on ice,
Missing you will seem paradise.
So meet me at no special place,
And i'll be there at no particular time.


~interlude~


You'd better bring along your glasses
In case i'm hard to find,
You'll wish you could see before you
As clearly as you can see behind.


You can turn back in retropect
Of the times you stuck out your neck.
So meet me at no special place,
And i'll be there at no particular time.


All we do is make up
Then quarrel all over again,
But this is it ~ the breakup
From now on, you knew me when...


So meet me at no special place,
And i'll be there at no particular time!

(b. davis, d. wolf)


Gone and got the blues in paris,
Paris blues called azure-te.
How can i be blue in paris?
Easy, 'cause you're far away.
Can't lose this blues,
This azure-te.


Moments, springtime, eiffel tower,
Funny taxes, kids at play.
Paris without you is lonesome,
Yearning more and more each day.
Can't lose this blues,
This azure-te.


~interlude~


If you knew how much i need you,
You'd come back to me to stay.
Having you with me in paris
Really is the only way
To lose this blues,
This azure-te.


Can't lose this blues,
This azure-te.

(d. kahn, s. styme)




This is the end of a beautiful friendship,
It ended a moment ago.
This is the end of a beautiful friendship,
I know,
'cause your eyes told me so.




We've always been
Like sister and brother,
Until tonight,
When we looked at each other.




That was the end of a beautiful friendship,
And just the beginning of love.




~interlude~




That was the end of a beautiful friendship,
And just the beginning of love!

(johnny mercer, victor schertzinger)


Was it in tahiti?
Were we on the nile?
Long, long ago,
Say an hour or so
I recall that i saw your smile.


I remember you,
You're the one who made
My dreams come true
A few kisses ago.


I remember you,
You're the one who said
"i love you, too," i do.
Didn't you know?


I remember, too,
A distant bell,
And stars that fell like rain
Out of the blue.


When my life is through,
And the angels ask me to recall
The thrill of them all,
Then i shall tell them
I remember you.

-artist: nat king cole
-words and music by benny davis and abner silver
-charted at # 19 in 1958 by joni james


There goes my heart, there goes the one i love
There goes the girl i wasn't worthy of
There goes my happiness, it couldn't be
There goes somebody else in place of me

Goodbye romance, it couldn't last somehow
I had my chance but it's all over now
I never thought that she could pass me by
There goes my heart and here am i

<instrumental interlude>

I never thought that she could pass me by
There goes my heart and here am i

(joe ricardel, redd evans)


I don't want french fried potatoes,
Red ripe tomatoes,
I'm never satisfied.
I want the frim fram sauce with the ausen fay
With chafafa on the side.


I don't want pork chops and bacon,
That won't awaken
My appetite inside.
I want the frim fram sauce with the ausen fay
With chafafa on the side.


A fella really got to eat
And a fella should eat right.
Five will get you ten
I'm gonna feed myself right tonight.


I don't want fish cakes and rye bread,
You heard what i said.
Waiter, please serve mine fried
I want the frim fram sauce with the ausen fay
With chafafa on the side.


~interlude~




A fella really got to eat
And a fella should eat right.
Five will get you ten
I'm gonna feed myself right tonight.


I don't want fish cakes and rye bread,
You heard what i said.
Waiter, please serve mine fried
I want the frim fram sauce with the ausen fay
With chafafa on the side.


(now if you don't have it, just bring me a check for the water!)

(don redman, andy razaf)


Love makes me treat you the way that i do,
Gee baby, ain't i good to you?
There's nothing in this world too good
For a girl so good and true.
Gee baby, ain't i good to you?


Bought you a fur coat for christmas,
A diamond ring,
A big cadillac car, and everything.
What makes me treat you the way that i do?
Gee baby, ain't i good to you?


~interlude~


Bought you a fur coat for christmas,
A diamond ring,
A big cadillac car, and everything.
What makes me treat you the way that i do?
Gee...


Baby, ain't i good... to you?

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 23 in 1955
-words and music by hal hester and barry parker


If i find peace of mind in the sand and the sea
There's a hope in my heart that you'll soon be with me
There's a prayer that i share with the sand and the sea
And it cries "come to me, come to me."

As my eyes search the skies from the edge of the shore
You are here in my arms for a moment or more
Then a tear rushes down to the sand and the sea
And it cries "come to me, come to me."

But as long as there's sand, as long as there's sea
As long as there's time i'll wait hopefully
As long as there's heaven up above
Let the sand and the sea bring my love to me

But as long as there's sand, as long as there's sea
As long as there's time i'll wait hopefully
As long as there's heaven up above
Let the sand and the sea bring my love to me

-artist: nat king cole
-words by mack gordon and music by harry warren
-introduced by dick haymes in the 1945 film "diamond horseshoe", also starring
-betty grable and phil silvers
-charted in 1945 by haymes at # 7 and by harry james at #12
-charted in 1966 by chris montez at # 16


Each time i look at you is like the first time
Each time you're near me the thrill is new
And there is nothing that i wouldn't do for
The rare delight of the sight of you for

The more i see you, the more i want you
Somehow this feeling just grows and grows
With every sigh i become more mad about you
More lost without you and so it goes

Can you imagine how much i love you?
The more i see you as years go by
I know the only one for me can only be you
My arms won't free you, my heart won't try

<instrumental interlude>

I know the only one for me can only be you
My arms won't free you, my heart won't try

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 16 in 1952
-words by sammy cahn and music by nicholas brodszky
-title song sung by mario lanza in the film also starring doretta morrow and james
-whitmore
-lanza charted his single at # 7 in 1952


Because you're mine
The brightest star i see
Looks down, my love, and envies me
Because you're mine, because you're mine

Because you're mine
The breeze that hurries by
Becomes a melody and why?
Because you're mine, because you're mine

I only know for as long as i may live
I'll only live for the kiss that you alone may give me

And when we kiss
That isn't thunder, dear
It's only my poor heart you hear and its applause
Because you're mine

<instrumental interlude>

I only know for as long as i may live
I'll only live for the kiss that you alone may give me

And when we kiss
That isn't thunder, dear
It's only my poor heart you hear and its applause
Because you're mine

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 5 in 1958
-words and music by clyde otis, brook benton, and belford hendricks
-also charted by joe simon in 1969 at #70


Looking ba-a-ack over my life
I can see where i caused you strife
But i know, oh yes i know
I'd never make that same mistake again

Looking ba-a-ack over my deeds
I can see signs a wise man heeds
And if i just ha-ad the chance
I'd never make that same mistake again

Once my cup was overflowing
But i gave nothing in retu-u-urn
Now i can't begin to te-ell you
What a lesson i have learned

Looking ba-a-ack over the slate
I can see love turned to hate
But i know, oh yes i know
I'd never make that same mistake again

(clyde otis, kelly owens)


Did you ever
Watch the one you love
Slowly drifting away from you,
And you know
Deep in your heart
There is nothing that you can do
To make her stay (to make her stay),
To turn the tide (to turn the tide),
To ease the pain (to ease the pain)
That you feel down inside?


When her eyes
Say it's over and done,
Then you simply must face the fact.
So you leave and think it over,
But you come hurrying back
Hoping she'll change her mind,
Praying she'll take you back.
But like the lady said,
"that's all there is to that."


(when her eyes
Say it's over and done,
Then you simply must face the fact.)


So you leave and think it over,
But you come hurrying back
Hoping she'll change her mind,
Praying she'll take you back.
But like the lady said,
"that's all there is to that."

(dorothy fields, jimmy mchugh)


Don't blame me
For falling in love with you.
I'm under your spell
But how can i help it?
Don't blame me.


Can't you see
When you do the things you do
If i can't conceal
The thrill that i'm feeling,
Don't blame me.


I can't help it
If that doggone moon above
Makes me need
Someone like you to love.


Blame your kiss
As sweet as a kiss can be,
And blame all your charms
That melt in my arms,
But don't blame me.


(interlude)


Blame your kiss
As sweet as a kiss can be,
And blame all your charms
That melt in my arms,
But don't blame me.


(interlude)


Blame all your charms
That melt in my arms,
But don't blame me.

(words and music by nat king cole and irving mills)

The buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the air
The monkey thought that everything was on the square
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back
The monkey grabbed his neck and said "now listen, jack"

"straighten up and fly right"
"straighten up and fly right"
"straighten up and fly right"
"cool down, papa, don't you blow your top."
"ain't no use in jivin' "
"what's the use in dabbin' "
"straighten up and fly right"
"cool down, papa, don't you blow your top."

The buzzard told the monkey "you're chokin' me"
"release your hold and i'll set you free"
The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye and said
"your story's fetchin' but it sounds like a lie"

"straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and do right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top."

(instrumental interlude)

"straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and do right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top."

(clyde otis, rose marie mccoy)


You used me for a stepping stone
'til something better came along.
Now you've moved along
And left me behind.
I wonder, darling,
Who's next in line?


You left a trail of broken hearts
Torn into a million parts.
How many more
Will crumble like mine?
I wonder, darling,
Who's next in line?


Who will the next fool be?
Who will you kiss,
Like you kissed me?
Who will be next
To look in your eyes,
And believe all your beautiful lies?


I know, my love, the day will come
You'll pay for all,
All the wrong you've done.
You'll meet someone
Who isn't so blind.
My darling, your heart
Is next in line.


My darling, your heart
Maybe next in line.


My darling, your heart
Is next in line.




(repeat to fade)

-artist: nat king cole
-words by ben raleigh and music by bernie wayne
-charted in 1946 by sammy kaye (#3), dinah shore (also #3), andy russell (#4),
-teddy walters (also #4), and the merry macs (#9).
-charted in 1953 at # 22 by the four aces


The crowd sees me out dancing
Carefree and romancing
Happy with my someone new
I'm laughing on the outside
Crying on the inside
'cause i'm still in love with you

They see me night and daytime
Having such a gay time
They don't know what i go through
I'm laughing on the outside
Crying on the inside
'cause i'm still in love with you

No one knows it's just a pose
Pretending i'm glad we're apart
And when i cry, my eyes are dry
The tears are in my heart

My darling, can't we make up?
Ever since our breakup
Make believe is all i do
I'm laughing on the outside
Crying on the inside
'cause i'm still in love

I am still in love with you

(newman/spencer/delange)


Lost april,
Where did you go?
Like winter's snow,
I saw you vanish.
Lost april,
So soft and warm.
A memory
Not even time can banish.


Lost april,
That taught me this.
A single kiss
Could lead to heaven.
But april had numbered days,
So when they passed,
Love couldn't last.
I lost love and you,
And april, too.


~interlude~


So when they passed,
Love couldn't last.
I lost love and you,
And april, too.

- words by harold adamson and leo mccarey, music by harry warren

Our love affair is a wondrous thing
That we'll rejoice in remembering
Our love was born with our first embrace
And a page was torn out of time and space

Our love affair, may it always be
A flame to burn through eternity
So take my hand with a fervent prayer
That we may live and we may share
A love affair to remember

(cole porter)


Miss otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today.


Madam...
Miss otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today.


She is sorry to be delayed,
But last evening down at lover's lane, she strayed.
Madam...
Miss otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today.


~interlude~


When she woke from her dream
And found that her love had gone,
Madam...
She ran to the man
Who had led her so far astray.


And from under her velvet gown,
She drew a gun and shot her lover down.
Madam...
Miss otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today.


Then the mob came and got her
And dragged her from the jail.
Madam...
They strung her upon
A willow across the way.


And the moment before she died,
She lifted up her lovely head and cried.
Madam...
Miss otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today.

(ian grant, lionel rand)


Let there be you,
Let there be me.
Let there be oysters
Under the sea.


Let there be wind,
An occassional rain.
Chile con carne,
Sparkling champagne --


Let there be birds
To sing in the trees,
Someone to bless me
Whenever i sneeze.


Let there be cuckoos,
A lark and a dove,
But first of all, please --
Let there be love.


~interlude~


Let there be cuckoos,
A lark and a dove,
But first of all, please --
Let there be love...


Hmmm umm...love


Hmmm umm...love


Let there be love.

(b. halley, e. j. anton)


Dear lonely hearts...
I'm-a writing to you
You said you could help
People looking for love.


I've been so lonely,
I don't know what to do.
And that is why
I'm writing this letter to you.


(it's no use livin')
When you're alone.
Please help me find
A love of my own.


If you know someone,
Please tell me who.
Dear lonely hearts...
I'd be so grateful to you
(so grateful to you).


(she don't have to have money)
She don't have to have money,
(she don't have to be a queen)
She don't have to be a queen.
(as long as she loves me)
As long as she loves me,
(that's the important thing)
That's the important thing.


'cause i'm gonna love her,
(i'm gonna love her)
I'll always be true .
(i'll always be true)
Dear lonely hearts,
Oh, please,
See what you can do.
(see what you can do)


I guess that's all,
(i guess that's all)
I'm gonna close for now.
(i'm gonna close for now)
But try to find
(please try to find)
Somebody, somehow.
(somebody, somehow)


If you know someone,
Please tell me who.
Dear lonely hearts...
I'd be so grateful
To you.
(grateful to you)

(james, miller)


I took a choo-choo-choo-choo fast as i could take a choo-choo,
I've come a long-long-long-long way to take you in my arms.
And now it's your first move to prove that you've been true,
Come to baby, do.


I've been away-way-way-way-way beyond the blue horizon,
I hope that no-no-no-no-no one else is on your mind.
So pucker up, my sweet, and meet your waterloo,
Come to baby, do.


Stop me from guessing,
T'ain't no time to tease.
Stop all your messin',
And put your beggin' baby at ease.


I wanna love-love-love you just the way i wanna love you,
I'm gonna try-try-try to try to make you understand.
When all is said and done, the one for me is you.
Come to baby, do.


~interlude~


Come to baby, do.


I've come a long, long way to kiss ya
You'll never know how much i missed ya.
Stop your teasin' --
Come to baby, do.

(pete johnson, joe turner)


It was early one monday mornin',
And i was on my way to school.
It was early one monday mornin',
When i was on my way to school.
That was the mornin'
When i broke my mother's rule.


I've been in love with you, baby,
Before i learned to call your name.
I've been in love with you, baby,
Before i learned to call your name.
Now you're in love with someone else
I know that's gonna drive me insane!


~interlude~


Ooh wee baby,
You sure look good to me.
Ooh wee baby,
You sure look good to me.
Please tell me, pretty mama
Who can your great new lover be?

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 6 in 1963
-words by charles tobias and music by hans carste


Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer

Just fill your basket full of sandwiches and weenies
Then lock the house up, now you're set
And on the beach you'll see the girls in their bikinis
As cute as ever but they never get 'em wet

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
You'll wish that summer could always be here

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer

Don't hafta tell a girl and fella about a drive-in
Or some romantic moon it seems
Right from the moment that those lovers start arrivin'
You'll see more kissin' <wolf whistle> in the cars than on the screen

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
You'll wish that summer could always be here

You'll wish that summer could always be here
You'll wish that summer could always be here

(words by lorenz hart, music by richard rodgers)
This lyrics are like performed by natalie cole

Thou swell, thou witty, thou sweet, thou grand
Wouldst kiss me pretty? wouldst hold my hand?
Both thine eyes are cute too, what they do to me
Hear me holler, i choose a sweet lollapaloosa in thee

I'd feel so rich in a hut for two
Two rooms and kitchen i'm sure would do
Give me just a plot of, not a lot of land
And thou swell, thou witty, thou grand

-artist: nat king cole
-words by betty comden and adolph green and music by jule styne
-introduced by judy holliday in her last film "bells are ringing" (1956), also starring
-dean martin and jean stapleton -charted by doris day at # 63 in 1957


The party's over
It's time to call it a day
They've burst your pretty balloon
And taken the moon away
It's time to wind up the masquerade
Just make your mind up the piper must be paid

The party's over
The candles flicker and dim
You danced and dreamed through the night
It seemed to be right just being with him
Now you must wake up, all dreams must end
Take off your makeup, the party's over
It's all over, my friend

<instrumental 'the party's over'>
The party's over
<instrumental 'it's time to call it a day'>
It's time to call it a day
<instrumental 'they

-artists: nat king cole and stubby kaye
-words by mack david and music by jerry livingston
-title song from the 1965 film starring jane fonda, lee marvin (who won an oscar
-for his dual role as a drunken lawman and his counterpart, outlaw kid sheleen)
-cole and kaye, as strolling minstrels, functioned as a greek chorus, commenting
-on the action (?)


Well now friends just lend an ear
For you're now about to hear
The ballad of cat ballou
It's a song that's newly made
And professus and the shade
And the sunrise kid are singin' it for you

Cat ballou, cat ballou

It's a hangin' day in wolf city, wyomin'
Wolf city, wyomin', eighteen ninety four
They're gonna drop cat ballou
Through the gallows floor

She killed a man in wolf city, wyomin'
Wolf city, wyomin', killed a man it's true
And that is why they're a-hangin'
Hangin' cat ballou

She has the smile of an angel
(fights like the devil)
The eyes of an angel
(bites like the devil)
The face of an angel
(i say she's the devil)
(she's mean and evil through and through)

Cat ballou, cat ball-ou-ou-ou
She's mean and evil through and through

With her outlaw band they're now tellin' a story
Now tellin' a story how she rode the plain
The wildest gal in the we-est
Since calamity jane

And today's the day that she's goin' to glory
She's goin' to glory for the way she sinned
They'll be a-speedin' her soul
On a wayward wind

She has the smile of an angel
(fights like the devil)
The eyes of an angel
(bites like the devil)
The face of an angel
(i say she's the devil)
(she's mean and evil through and through)

Cat ballou (cat ballou)
Cat ball-ou-ou-ou (cat ballou)
She's mean and evil through and through

Cat ballou, cat ball-ou-ou-ou
She's mean and evil through and through

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 12 in 1951-52
-also charted in 1954 by the dick hyman trio (#29)
-also charted in 1959 by dinah washington (#17)
-also charted in a 1991 "duet" by nat and his daughter natalie cole.
-words and music by irving gordon



Unforgettable, that's what you are
Unforgettable though near or far
Like a song of love that clings to me
How the thought of you does things to me
Never before has someone been more

Unforgettable in every way
And forever more, that's how you'll stay
That's why, darling, it's incredible
That someone so unforgettable
Thinks that i am unforgettable too

<instrumental interlude>

Unforgettable in every way
And forever more, that's how you'll stay
That's why, darling, it's incredible
That someone so unforgettable
Thinks that i am unforgettable too

(lyrics by bob russel, music by duke ellington)
This lyrics are like performed by natalie cole

Missed the saturday dance
Heard they crowded the floor
Couldn't bear it without you
Don't get around much anymore

Thought i'd visit the club
Got as far as the door
They'd have asked me about you
Don't get around much anymore

Darling, i guess my mind's more at ease
But nevertheless, why stir up memories

Been invited on dates
Might have gone but what for
Awfully different without you
Don't get around much anymore

(cy coleman, carolyn leigh)


So these are the ropes,
The tricks of the trade,
The rules of the road.


You're one of the dopes
For whom they were made,
The rules of the road.


You follow that kiss and recklessly miss
A bend of the road,
Then suddenly this--
The end of the road.


So love is a hoax,
A glittering stream
Of little white lies.
But these are the jokes,
And what if they bring
The tears to your eyes?


Well, love often shows a funny return.
The brighter it glows,
The longer you burn.
And lord only knows
Love has little concern for the fools of the road.


But that's how it goes,
You live and you learn,
The rules of the road.


But that's how it goes,
You live and you learn,
The rules of the road.


And everyone knows that that's how it goes,
The rules of the road.

Artist nat king cole (peak billboard position # 81 in 1964-seven months after the
Beatles hit the ed sullivan show)
Words by milt gabler and music by bert kaempfert

L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one i see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore can

Love is all that i can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart and please don't break it
Love was made for me and you

<trumpet instrumental>

L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one i see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore can

Love is all that i can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart and please don't break it
Love was made for me and you
Love was made for me and you
Love was made for me and you

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 24 in 1951
-words by jimmy kennedy and music by hugh williams
-previously charted in 1935 by bing crosby (#1), guy lombardo (also # !),
-mantovani (#3), and jack jackson (# 13)
-previously charted in 1936 by louis armstrong (#15)
-subsequently charted by tab hunter in 1957 (#57), the platters in 1960 (#36)
-and by fats domino in 1963 (#35).


{red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
{she sailed at the dawning, all day i've been blue}
Red sails in the sunset, i'm trusting in you

Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more

{red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me

<instrumental interlude>

Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more

{red sails in the sunset}
Way out on the sea (ooh-wee-ooh, wee-ooh)
Oh, carry my loved one
{home safely to me}

{bracketed words are sung by nat in unison with background singers}
(words in parentheses are sung by background singers only)

(nathaniel cole)


I'm just a shy guy,
My, i'm a 'fraid-to-try guy
No lie.
There's a gal that i idolize
But i just can't seem to hypnotize.


And when she pets me,
You betcha, it gets me.
And everytime i hold her hand,
I'm just too shy to say the things i plan.


Everytime she's close to me,
My heart is filled with ecstasy,
And like a dope, i let the chance slip by.


There, i should have told her then
But all i did was sit and grin,
And i ended up so mad that i could cry.


'cause i'm a shy guy
Wish i was a sly guy
Then i could say, "baby, baby, i love you"
Just like those guys in moving pictures all do.


~interlude~


I'm just a shy guy
Wish i was a sly guy
Then i could say, "baby, baby, i love you"
Just like those guys in moving pictures all do.

(words and music by gross and lawrence)
This lyrics are like performed by natalie cole

The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly
The trembling trees embraced the breeze tenderly
Then you and i came wandering by
And lost in a sigh were we
The shore was kissed by sea and mist tenderly
I can't forget how two hearts met breathlessly
Your arms opened wide and closed me inside
You took my lips, you took my love so tenderly

(simon/bernier)


Blow...tropic wind...
Sing a song...through the trees.


Trees...sigh to me...
Soon my love...i will see.


Poinciana,
Your branches speak to me of love.
Pale moon is casting shadows from above.


Poinciana,
Somehow i feel the jungle beat
Within me, there grows a rhythmic, savage
Beat.


Love is everywhere, its magic perfume fills the air.
To and fro, you sway, my heart's in time,
I've learned to care.


Poinciana,
Though skies may turn from blue to gray,
My love will live for ever and a day.


Blow....tropic wind,
Sing a song through the trees.
Trees...sigh to me
Soon my love... i will see.


Poinciana...

That certain night, the night we met,
There was magic abroad in the air.
There were angels dining at the ritz,
And a nightingale sang in berkeley square.


I may be right, i may be wrong,
But i'm perfectly willing to swear
That when you turned and smiled at me,
A nightingale sang in berkeley square.


The moon that lingered over londontown
Poor puzzled moon, he wore a frown.
How could he know that we two were so in love?
The whole darn world seemed upside down.


The streets of town were paved with stars,
It was such a romantic affair.
And as we kissed and said goodnight,
A nightingale sang in berkeley square.


~interlude~




When dawn came stealing up, all gold and blue
To interrupt our rendez-vous,
I still remember how you smiled and said,
"was that a dream? or was it true?"


Our homeward step was just as light
As the dancing of fred astaire,
And like an echo far away
A nightingale sang in berkeley square.

(nathaniel cole, charlotte hawkins)


(with you on my mind,
With you on my mind)


With you on my mind,
How can i do anything?
With you on my mind,
All the time remembering.


Got an achin' heart
Thinkin' how it used to be.
With you on my mind,
When you gave your love to me.


I believed in your love (your love)
Thought i was your true love (true love),
But you found a new love (new love)
Who changed your mind (who changed your mind).


Now that you are gone,
I just seem to spend my time
Feelin' so forlorn,
With you always on my mind.


~interlude~


Now that you are gone,
I just seem to spend my time
Feelin' so forlorn,
With you on my mind.


Feelin' so forlorn,
With you always on my mind.
(with you on my mind)

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 10 in 1954
-competing versions charted by sunny gale (#19) and david whitfield (#25).
-also charted in 1959 by tony bennett (#73); in 1961 by timi yuro (#42); in
-1962 by ferrante and teicher (#94); and in 1965 by betty everett and jerry
-butler (#42).
Words by john turner and geoffrey parsons and music by charlie chaplin


Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

<instrumental interlude>

That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

-artist: nat king cole
-from his "the greatest of nat king cole" lp-capitol slb 6803
-peak billboard position # 16 in 1954
-words and music by sammy gallop and arthur kent


Someone longs for you and your caress
He's learning now how empty arms can be
Someone who used to know your kiss not long ago
That someone happens to be me

How he misses you and must confess
Without you he's like driftwood on the sea
He's just a dreamer who is still in love with you
That dreamer happens to be me

I'll never know just why we parted
It's more than i can comprehend
I only know when you departed
You started a night that has no end

Perhaps there'll come a time when you're alone
Your heart still haunted by a memory
If then you chance to find there's someone on your mind
I hope it happens to be me

<instrumental interlude>

Perhaps there'll come a time when you're alone
Your heart still haunted by a memory
If then you chance to find there's someone on your mind
I hope it happens to be me

I hope it happens to be me

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 1 for 6 weeks in 1946-47
-words by deek watson and music by william best
-also charted in 1946 by charlie spivak (#5)
-also charted in 1947 by eddie howard (#2), dinah shore (also #2), ella
-fitzgerald (#8), and art kassel (#15).
-also charted by sam cooke in 1958 (#17).
-also charted in 1961 by the cleftones (#60).


I love you for sentimental reasons
I hope you do believe me
I'll give you my heart

I love you and you alone were meant for me
Please give your loving heart to me
And say we'll never part

I think of you every morning
Dream of you every night
Darling, i'm never lonely
Whenever you are in sight

I love you for sentimental reasons
I hope you do believe me
I've given you my heart

<instrumental interlude>

I love you for sentimental reasons
I hope you do believe me
I've given you my heart

Nat king cole
Written by mel torme and robert walls

- (#3-1946)

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,
Jack frost nipping at your nose,
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like eskimos.
Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe
Help to make the season bright.
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight.
They know that santa's on his way -
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And ev'rymother's child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly.
And so i'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although its been said many times,
Many ways: "merry christmas to you".
(repeat) (from 9th line)

(nathaniel cole)


I don't know why i'm so doggone unlucky today.
Just got the news that my best gal has left me to stay.
Things were pretty rosy,
We got along so fine.
Until another guy moved in
And handed her a line.
I don't know why i'm so doggone unlucky today.


So i decided to try and get her off my mind.
Started to walkin', to see what enjoyment i'd find.
Was invited to a party,
Then there was a fight.
A fella got a whippin'...
You guessed it right.
I don't know why i'm so doggone unlucky today.

(word & lyrics by bobby troup)
This lyrics are like performed by natalie cole

If you ever plan to motor west,
Travel my way, take the highway that is best.
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.

It winds from chicago to la,
More than two thousand miles all the way.
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.

Now you go through saint looey
Joplin, missouri,
And oklahoma city is mighty pretty.
You see amarillo,
Gallup, new mexico,
Flagstaff, arizona.
Don't forget winona,
Kingman, barstow, san bernandino.

Won't you get hip to this timely tip:
When you make that california trip
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.

Solo

Won't you get hip to this timely tip:
When you make that california trip
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.
Get your kicks on route sixty-six.

(mitchell parish, cliff burwell)


Just found joy
I'm as happy as a baby boy, baby boy
With another brand new choo-choo choy
When i met my sweet lorraine, lorraine, lorraine.


A pair of eyes
That are brighter tham the summer sky
When you see them, you'll realize
Why i love my sweet lorraine.


Now when it's rainin',
I don't miss the sun
Because it's in my baby's smile, whoa ho
And to think that i'm the lucky one
That will lead her down the aisle, whoa ho ho


Each night i pray
That no one will steal her heart away
I can't wait until that lucky day
When i marry sweet lorraine.


~interlude~


Now when it's rainin'
I don't miss the sun
Because it's in my baby's smile, whoa ho
And to think that i'm the lucky one
That will lead her down the aisle, whoa ho ho


Each night i pray
That no one will steal her heart away
I can't wait until that lucky day
When i marry sweet lorraine.

(alan lerner, frederick loewe)


I have often walked
Down the street before,
But the pavement always
Stayed beneath my feet before.
All at once am i
Several stories high,
Knowing i'm on the street where you live.


Are there lilac trees
In the heart of town?
Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?
Does enchantment pour
Out of every door?
No, it's just on the street where you live.


And oh, the towering feeling
Just to know somehow you are near
The overpowering feeling
That any second you may suddenly appear.


People stop and stare
They don't bother me,
For there's no where else on earth
That i would rather be.


Let the time go by,
I won't care if i
Can be here on the street where you live.


~interlude~


People stop and stare
They don't bother me,
For there's no where else on earth
That i would rather be.


Let the time go by
I won't care if i
Can be here on the street where you live,


Let me be on the street where you live.

(irving berlin)


What'll i do when you
Are far away
And i'm so 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?


~interlude~


When i'm alone
With only dreams of you
That won't come true,
What'll i do?

(m. edwards, b. green)


Once in a while,
Will you try
To give one little thought to me,
Though someone else may be
Nearer your heart?


Once in a while,
Will you dream
Of the moments
I shared with you,
Moments before we two
Drifted apart?


In love's smoldering ember,
One spark may remain.
If love still can remember,
That spark may burn again.


I know that i'll
Be contented with
Yesterday's memory,
Knowing you think of me
Once in a while.


~interlude~


Once in a while...


In love's smoldering ember,
One spark may remain.
If love still can remember,
The spark may burn again.


I know that i'll
Be contented with
Yesterday's memory,
Knowing you think of me
Once in a while...
Once in a while.

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 24 in 1952
-words by ben raleigh and music by guy wood


Faith can move mountains
Darling, you will see
I can move mountains
If you have faith in me

Faith can work magic
This i find with you
Yours is the magic
To make my wishes come true

So tell me again you love me
Kiss me and i'll be strong
What couldn't i do when i know that you
Are here to help me along?

Yes, faith can move mountains
Darling, you will see
I can move mountains
If you have faith in me

<instrumental interlude>

So tell me again you love me
Kiss me and i'll be strong
What couldn't i do when i know that you
Are here to help me along?

Yes, faith can move mountains
Darling, you will see
I can move mountains
If you have faith in me

Yes, i can move mountains
If you have faith in me

-artist: nat king cole
-words and music by sammy cahn, axel stordahl, and paul weston
-from the film "thrill of a romance" starring esther williams and van johnson
-charted in 1945 by frank sinatra (#8), martha tilton (#10), tommy dorsey (#11),
-and jimmy dorsey (#13).


I should care, i should go around weeping
I should care, i should go without sleeping
Strangely enough, i sleep well
'cept for a dream or two
But then i count my sheep well
Funny how sheep can lull you to sleep

So i should care, i should let it upset me
I should care but it just doesn't get me
Maybe i won't find someone as lovely as you
But i should care and i do

<brief instrumental interlude>

I should care but it just doesn't get me
Maybe i won't find someone as lovely as you
But i should care and i do

And i do

-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 11 in 1956
-words by sammy gallop and music by chester conn


Night lights, those blues-in-the-night lights
Are no longer bright lights since i'm without you
Sweet dreams, oh where did they fly to?
You're gone and who can i cry to?

Those night lights remind me of bright eyes
And beautiful white lies too good to be true
As i go on my way with all my heart i pray
That those night lights will lead me to you

<instrumental interlude>

Those night lights remind me of bright eyes
And beautiful white lies too good to be true
As i go on my way with all my heart i pray
That those night lights will lead me to you

As recorded by nat king cole, who didn't make the top 100
Words by lorenz hart and music by richard rogers and sung in the broadway
Musical "the boys from syracuse" by eddie albert and marcy westcott
A # 6 hit for horace heidt in 1938
A # 2 hit for benny goodman in 1939


This can't be love, because i feel so well,
No sobs, no sorrows, no sighs.
This can't be love; i get no dizzy spells,
My head is not in the skies.

My heart does not stand still, just hear it beat.
This is too sweet to be love.

This can't be love, because i feel so well,
But still i love to look in your eyes.

(instrumental interlude)

My heart does not stand still, just hear it beat.
This is too sweet to be love.

This can't be love, because i feel so well,
But still i love to look in your eyes.
Still i love to look in your eyes.