What Are Your Favorite VINTAGE Song Lyrics?

[LocktownDog]

I can't even tell you how many times I've been singing Paper Moon absent-mindedly ... afterwards having to explain what muslin is and how I didn't say Muslim. [huh]

I love those lyrics though. When I'm in a more somber mood however, I start thinking about September In The Rain.

 

[Tikismall]

"If I could hold all your charms, here in my arms, then life would be complete".

 

[Ethan Bentley]

Tommy Dorsey's - The Lady Is A Tramp - what a woman she would be.

 

[Ethan Bentley]

In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking, now heaven knows; Anything Goes!

One of the best lines ever.

 

[LizzieMaine]

You're deep just like a chasm
You've no enthusiasm
You're tired and uninspired
You're blase.

Your day is one of leisure
In which you search for pleasure
You're bored
When you're adored
You're blase.

When reaching for the moon
Or the stars up in the sky
The little things of normal life
Are slowly passing by

You sleep, the sun is shining
You wake, it's time for dining
There's nothing new for you to do
You're blase.

-- Ord Hamilton and Bruce Siever, 1931.

Favorite recording -- Gus Arnheim and his Cocoanut Grove Orchestra, vocal by Meri Bell, Victor 24054, recorded 7/1/32.

 

[GoldenEraFan]

Great big houses with great big rooms
were not fashion for brides and grooms
A little place, is where we should be

Great big troubles, and great big cares
Come from houses with marble stairs
A little place, for you and for me

"The Little Things in Life" by Irving Berlin is one song that's stuck in my head. Some others being:

The Charleston
Clink Clink Another Drink
Little Bo Peep Lost her Jeep
When the red, red, robin comes bob, bob bobbing along
The Lambeth Walk

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

You're deep just like a chasm
You've no enthusiasm
You're tired and uninspired
You're blase.

Your day is one of leisure
In which you search for pleasure
You're bored
When you're adored
You're blase.

When reaching for the moon
Or the stars up in the sky
The little things of normal life
Are slowly passing by

You sleep, the sun is shining
You wake, it's time for dining
There's nothing new for you to do
You're blase.

-- Ord Hamilton and Bruce Siever, 1931.

Favorite recording -- Gus Arnheim and his Cocoanut Grove Orchestra, vocal by Meri Bell, Victor 24054, recorded 7/1/32.

Oh my God; that's ME.

 

[tbrunke]

One that I've always liked is "Love Is Like A Cigarette" By Duke Ellington and sung by Ivie Anderson.

Love is like a cigarette
You know you held my heart aglow
Between your finger tips
And just like a cigarette
I never knew the thrill of life until I touched your lips
Then just like a cigarette
Love seemed to fade away and leave behind ashes of regret
Then with a flip of your fingertip
It was easy for you to forget
Oh! Love is like a cigarette

 

[SayCici]

Chi-na-town, my Chi-na-town
Where the lights are low,
Hearts that know no oth-er land,
Drift-ing to and fro.
Dream-y dream-y Chinatown,
Al-mond eyes of brown,
Hearts seem light and lights are bright,
In dream-y Chi-na-town

 

[John in Covina]

Chi-na-town, my Chi-na-town
Where the lights are low,
Hearts that know no oth-er land,
Drift-ing to and fro.
Dream-y dream-y Chinatown,
Al-mond eyes of brown,
Hearts seem light and lights are bright,
In dream-y Chi-na-town

Louis Prima does a great version of this one!

 

[cco23i]

"Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile", yup just about covers it! Of course by Bing Crosby!:eusa_clap

Scott

 

[Anthony K]

One of my favoites. This song always puts me in a good mood.

Nat King Cole "On The Streets Where You Live"


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 Im 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, its 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 dont bother me,
For theres no where else on earth
That I would rather be.

Let the time go by,
I wont care if i
Can be here on the street where you live.

~interlude~

People stop and stare
They dont bother me,
For theres no where else on earth
That I would rather be.

Let the time go by
I wont care if i
Can be here on the street where you live,

Let me be on the street where you live.

 

[C-dot]

Doris Day's Possess Me from Pillow Talk: I'm yours tonight/My darling possess me/

Old fashioned, but so romantic...

 

[LisaFreemontSt]

I Enjoy Being a Girl~ From Flower Drum Song

I'm a girl, and by me that's only great!
I am proud that my silhouette is curvy,
That I walk with a sweet and girlish gait
With my hips kind of swivelly and swervy.

I adore being dressed in something frilly
When my date comes to get me at my place.
Out I go with my Joe or John or Billy,
Like a filly who is ready for the race!

When I have a brand new hairdo
With my eyelashes all in curl,
I float as the clouds on air do,
I enjoy being a girl!

When men say I'm cute and funny
And my teeth aren't teeth, but pearl,
I just lap it up like honey
I enjoy being a girl!

I flip when a fellow sends me flowers,
I drool over dresses made of lace,
I talk on the telephone for hours
With a pound and a half of cream upon my face!

I'm strictly a female female
And my future I hope will be
In the home of a brave and free male
Who'll enjoy being a guy having a girl... like... me.

When men say I'm sweet as candy
As around in a dance we whirl,
It goes to my head like brandy,
I enjoy being a girl!

When someone with eyes that smoulder
Says he loves ev'ry silken curl
That falls on my iv'ry shoulder,
I enjoy being a girl!

When I hear the compliment'ry whistle
That greets my bikini by the sea,
I turn and I glower and I bristle,
But I happy to know the whistle's meant for me!

I'm strictly a female female
And my future I hope will be
In the home of a brave and free male
Who'll enjoy being a guy having a girl... like... me.

 

[TraderRic]

More Cole Porter

Since I left on a 7 month deployment I keep thinking about "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye".

Ev'ry time we say goodbye
I die a little
Ev'ry time we say goodbye
I wonder why a little

Why the Gods above me
Who must be in the know
Think so little of me
They allow you to go

When you're near there's such an air
Of Spring about it
I can hear a Lark somewhere
Begin to sing about it

There's no love song finer
But, how strange the change
From major to minor
Ev'ry time we say goodbye

 

[klind65]

Anything by Cole Porter. Especially, "Anything Goes". No one was clever-er than he.

 

[skyvue]

Since I left on a 7 month deployment I keep thinking about "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye".

Ev'ry time we say goodbye
I die a little
Ev'ry time we say goodbye
I wonder why a little

Why the Gods above me
Who must be in the know
Think so little of me
They allow you to go

When you're near there's such an air
Of Spring about it
I can hear a Lark somewhere
Begin to sing about it

There's no love song finer
But, how strange the change
From major to minor
Ev'ry time we say goodbye

Ric, if you haven't already, check out Jeri Southern's recording of that song. It's beautiful and heartbreaking.

 

[Paisley]

Skylark

Faint as a will-o-the-wisp
Crazy as a loon
Sad as a gypsy serenading the moon

 

[tuppence]

Rudy Vallee singing A Little Kiss Each Morning

Dreams may disappoint us
As they often do
Bring your tears to me, Dear
And I'll bring mine to you

 

[TraderRic]

Ric, if you haven't already, check out Jeri Southern's recording of that song. It's beautiful and heartbreaking.

Thanks, Skyvue, I will.