Nat King Cole Album

(Jimmy Van Heusen, Mack David)

It wasn't my intention to eavesdrop,
But there a guy sat, two stools away,
And you could tell the bartender knew him
And that he'd been there some other day.
And while I sipped my libation,
I overheard his conversation...

"Re---member
How I'd walk in,
What excitement there would be?
Never less than twenty people,
I had lots of friends, you see.

"I gave the party, I was the host.
Everyone loved me,
I was the most.

"Champagne and plenty of it,
Real imported caviar,
And the hat check girl got fifty
Just for lighting my cigar.

"I kept 'em laughin', jokes by the yard.
Everyone loved me,
I was a card.

"And I had a girl,
A beautiful girl,
Her whole world, I think, consisted of mink
And diamonds and pearls.

"Because she was mine,
I'd glitter and shine,
And life was a ball, and wasn't it all
So cozy 'n fine?

"But nothing lasts forever,
And the deepest well runs dry.
Just 'cause I've stopped rolling sevens
Doesn't mean I have to cry.

"I'll take that nightcap,
One more won't show.
And incidentally...maybe you know...
Where, oh, where, oh, where
Did everyone go?"

"Where, oh, where, oh, where
Did everyone go?"

(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.

(Johnny Burke)

Better face the facts, ol' buddy,And be prepared to take the blow.You don't have to sit and study,It's something anyone should know.Shake hands... get your hat...And go.
You can praise her eyes,And adore her hair.But if love ain't there, It ain't there.
And you can walk her home In the warm spring air,But if love ain't there, It ain't there.
And you can look With a longing in your look,And try every method in the bookAnd worship the smile that kind of Took you unaware.
And you can weep and sigh,You can say, "Unfair".You can almost die of despair.But if love ain't there,It ain't there.

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(Van Heusen, Cahn, Fuller)


What good is a dream,
A plan or a scheme,
The rainbow that you pursue?
It's everything... and it's nothing
Without someone to tell it to.


How eager you are
To get to that star,
But after the journey's through,
You're only a lonely dreamer
Without someone to tell it to.


There'll be blue days,
Hard to get through days,
Days when you'll just want to die.
Soon you're older,
And the world's colder,
When there's no shoulder to cry on.


Castles in air
Are empty and bare
With no one to share the view.
The moonlight is merely moonlight,
There's no magic in "I love you"
Without someone
Someone to tell it to.


~interlude~


The moonlight is merely moonlight,
There's no magic in "I love you"
Without someone
Someone to tell it to.

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(Fisher/Segal)


I keep goin' back to Joe's
To that table in the corner,
Sippin' wine and staring at the door.
Our old waiter knows we're through,
Still he sets a place for you
Everything the way it was before.


I keep goin' back to Joe's,
But the man who plays piano
Never plays your favorite melody.
Joe keeps busy at the bar,
Never asks me where you are.
He was there when you walked out on me.


Now I pray you'll walk back in,
And you'll say what fools we've been,
And we'll celebrate a happy new beginning.
Chances are you'll never show,
But you'll know just where to find me
Every night until it's time to close.


Just in case you miss me, too,
I'll be there to welcome you.
That's why I keep going back...
That's why I keep goin' back...
To Joe's.

-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

(Joe Bailey)


No-o-o, I don't want her,
So I'll forget her.
Forget the love she gave me,
Somehow.
I've learned my lesson,
Don't have to tell me.
'Cause I'm gonna start forgettin',
Yes, I'm gonna start forgettin'
Right now.


Go on, take my share,
'Cause I don't want her.
And now, she's gone, good riddance, Goodbye.
But what my friends don't know
Is that I love her so.
And in my lonely room all day,
I cry.


Go-o on and take her,
'Cause I don't want her.
I know I'll find another,
Find another
Somewhere.
No, I don't want her,
She's not my kind now.
And if she's got somebody else,
Oh, really got somebody else,
I don't care.


To think that my love
Could say "Goodbye, love",
And leave me here, as low as the ground,
But no one knows but me
What she means to me,
And when I'm by myself,
All day I sigh.


'Cause without her...
I could lay me down
And die.

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(Gordon Jenkins)

That's all there is,
There isn't any more, my sweet.
I've gone about as far as I can go.

I realize the things you did
You had to do,
And they weren't so terribly bad to do.
But you shouldn't have told me,
I didn't want to know.

Maybe I tried too hard,
I thought that we could reach the sky.
I guess
The mountain was too high to climb
I put a sign that says, "FOR SALE"
On all my dreams
And a permanent lock on my door.

That's all there is,
There isn't any more.

But if you need me,
Call me, baby...
Call me.