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Do nothin' till you hear from me
Pay no attention to what's said
Why people tear the seam of anyone's dream
Is over my head
Do nothin' till you hear from me
At least consider our romance
If you should take the word of others you've heard
I haven't a chance
True, I've been seen with someone new
But does that mean that I'm untrue?
When we're apart, the words in my heart
Reveal how I feel about you
Some kiss may cloud my memory
And other arms may hold a thrill
But please do nothin' till you hear from me
And you never will
Do nothin' till you hear from me
Pay no attention to what's said
Why people tear the seam of anyone's dream
Is over my head
Do nothin' till you hear from me
At least consider our romance
If you should take the word of others you've heard
I haven't a chance
True, I've been seen with someone new
But does that mean that I'm untrue?
When we're apart, the words in my heart
Reveal how I feel about you
Some kiss may cloud my memory
And other arms may hold a thrill
But please do nothin' till you hear from me
And you never will
Some kiss may cloud my memory
But please do nothin' till you hear from me
And you never will
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Bye Bye Blackbird
03:39
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Pack up all my cares and woe,
Here I go,
Singing low,
Bye bye blackbird,
Where somebody waits for me,
Sugar's sweet, so is she,
Bye bye
Blackbird!
No one here can love or understand me,
Oh, what hard luck stories they all hand me,
Make my bed and light the light,
I'll be home late tonight,
Blackbird bye bye.
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Lush Life
04:06
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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
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Nickel Under The Foot
03:46
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Maybe you wonder what it is
Makes people good or bad
Why some guy, an ace without a doubt
Turns out to be a bastard
And the other way about
I'll tell you what I feel
It's just the nickel under the heel
Oh you can live like hearts and flowers
And everyday is a wonderland tour
Oh you can dream and scheme and happily put
And take, take and put
But first be sure
That nickel's under your foot
Go stand on someone's neck while you take him
Cut into somebody's throat as you put
For every dream and scheme, depending on whether
All through the storm
You've kept it warm
That nickel under your foot
And if you're sweet then you'll grow rotten
Your pretty heart covered over with soot
And if for once you're gay and devil-may-care-less
And oh so hot
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I Have a Thing For You
04:22
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You remind me to dream
And stop doing things
That aren’t my business to do
You move me slowly
How I don’t know
Please tell me a thing about you
I’ll come away from a fantasy place
To a place that is honest and kind
I imagine what if and you don’t contradict
But I’m always a little surprised
I have a thing for you
It’s a little bit of moon in the water
I have a thing for you
It’s a leaf hovering between trees
Oh, for you
You are a soul
So out of my control
A piece of the puzzle, the sky
I like the space generated by grace
But I have an inquiring mind
Who knows just why
We’re in each other’s lives
Or the lessons we are meant to learn
Before you go I want you to know
That I have a gift in return
I have a thing for you
It’s a little bit of moon on the water
I have a thing for you
It’s a leaf hovering between trees
Oh, for you
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6. |
September Song
04:34
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SEPTEMBER SONG
Oh it’s a long long while
From May to December
And 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
November, December
And these few precious days
I’ll spend with you
These precious days
I’ll spend with you
(Instrumental Break)
Oh the days dwindle down
To a precious few
November, December
And I have lost one tooth
And I walk a little lame
And I haven’t got time
For the waiting game
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"Midnight, The Stars And You"
Midnight with the stars and you
Midnight and a rendez-vous
Your eyes held a message tender
Saying "I surrender all my love to you"
Midnight brought us sweet romance
I know all my whole life through
I'll be remembering you
Whatever else I do
Midnight with the stars and you
Midnight with the stars and you
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8. |
Now at Last
03:17
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Now at last I know
What a fool I've been
For I've lost the last love
I shall ever win
And at last I see
How my heart was blind
To the joys before me
That I left behind
When the wind was fresh
On the hills
And the stars were new in the sky
And a lark was heard in the still
Where was I
Where was I
When the spring is cold
Where do robins go
What makes winters lonely
Now at last I know
When the wind was fresh
On the hills
And the stars were new in the sky
And a lark was heard in the still
Where was I
Where was I
When the spring is cold
Where do robins go
What makes winters lonely
Now at last I know
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9. |
Blue Skies
02:21
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Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see
Bluebirds
Singing a song
Nothing but bluebirds
All day long
Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days
All of them gone
Nothing but blue skies
From now on
I never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going oh-so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days
All of them gone
Nothing but blue skies
From now on
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(Chorus)
On a clear day
Rise and look around you
And you'll see who
You are
On a clear day
How it will astound you
That the glow of your being
Outshines every star
You'll feel part of
Every mountain, sea, and shore
You can hear
From far and near
A world you've never heard before
And on a clear day
On that clear day
You can see forever
And ever
And evermore
(Instrumental break)
You'll feel part of
Every mountain, sea, and shore
You can hear
From far and near
A world you've never heard before
And on a clear day
On that clear day
You can see forever
And ever
And ever
And evermore
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Ellen Warkentine Los Angeles, California
Ellen Warkentine is a theatrical multi-instrumentalist composer and performing artist based in New York/Los
Angeles.
Her melodic work references avant-pop, early jazz, and vaudeville; her influences include Kurt Weill, Bjork, and Stephin Merritt.
She is a long-time collaborator with the award-winning Four Larks Theatre, and co-creator of the absurd “fauxpera” LOLPERA.
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