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Isn't it a lovely day
04:49
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Isn't this a lovely day
To be caught in the rain?
You were going on your way
Now you've got to remain
Just as you were going, leaving me all at sea
The clouds broke, they broke and oh
What a break for me
I can see the sun up high
Though we're caught in the storm
I can see where you and i
Could be cozy and warm
Let the rain pitter patter
But it really doesn't matter
If the skies are grey
Long as I can be with you it's a lovely day
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I'm gonna laugh you right out of my life
Laugh, and forget this affair
Guess I was foolish to care.
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
Cos when our friends begin that heartless rumour
I know I'm gonna need my sense of humour;
I'm gonna laugh you right out of my life,
Make it a beautiful joke –
No-one will know you broke my heart.
Cos if I find you and I really meant that last goodbye,
Then I'm gonna laugh so hard, I'll cry.
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All the things you are
05:41
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You are the promised kiss of springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song
You are the angel glow that lights a star
The dearest things I know are what you are
Someday my happy arms will hold you
And someday I'll know that moment divine
When all the things you are are mine
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Miss Brown to you
04:18
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Who you think is comin' to town?
You'll never guess who
The lovable, huggable Emily Brown
Miss Brown to you
What if the rain comes pattering down?
My heaven is blue
Tennessee is sending me Emily Brown
Miss Brown to you
I know, her eyes will thrill ya
But go slow, oh, oh
Don't you all get too familiar
Why do you think she's comin' to town?
Just wait and you'll see
The lovable little Miss Brown to you
Is baby to me
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Last night when we were young
Love was a star, a song unsung
Life was so new, so real, so right
Ages ago last night
Today the world is old
You flew away and time grew cold
Where is that star that seems so bright?
Ages ago last night
To think that spring had depended
On merely this: a look, a kiss
To think that something so splendid
Could slip away in one little daybreak
So now let's reminisce
And recollect the sighs and the kisses
The arms that clung
When we were young last night
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My funny valentine
06:27
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My funny valentine
Sweet comic valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable
Unphotographable
Yet you're my favourite work of art
Is your figure less than Greek
Is your mouth a little weak
When you open it to speak
Are you smart?
But don't change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay, little valentine, stay
Each day is Valentine's Day
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Taking a chance on love
03:35
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Here I go again
I hear those trumpets blow again
All aglow again
Taking a chance on love
Here I slide again
About to take that ride again
Starry-eyed again
Taking a chance on love
I thought that cards were a frame-up
I never would try
Now I'm taking that game up
And the ace of hearts is high
Things are mending now
I see a rainbow blending now
We'll have a happy ending now
Taking a chance on love
Here I slip again
About to take that trip again
I got that grip again
Taking a chance on love
Now I prove again
That I can make life move again
Mmm, I'm in a groove again
Taking a chance on love
I walk around with a horseshoe
In clover I lie
And brother rabbit of course you'd
Better kiss your foot goodbye
On that ball again
I'm riding for a fall again
I'm gonna give my all again
Taking a chance on love
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Oh, lady be good!
06:04
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Listen to my tale of woe
It's terribly sad, but true
All dressed up, no place to go
Each ev'ning I'm awfully blue
I must win some winsome miss
Can't go on like this
I could blossom out I know
With somebody just like you. So
Oh, sweet and lovely lady, be good
Oh, lady, be good to me
I am so awf'ly misunderstood
So lady, be good to me
Oh, please have some pity
I'm all alone in this big city
I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood
So lady be good to me
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The Piccolino
04:06
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By the Adriatic waters
Venetian sons and daughters
Are strumming a new tune upon their guitars
It was written by a Latin
A gondolier who sat in
His home out in Brooklyn and gazed at the stars
He sent his melody
Across the sea
To Italy
And we know
They wrote some words to fit
That catchy bit
And christened it
The Piccolino
And we know that it's the reason
Why everyone this season
Is strumming and humming a new melody
Come to the casino
And hear them play the Piccolino
Dance with your bambino
To the strains of the catchy Piccolino
Drink your glass of vino
And when you've had your plate of scaloppino
Make them play the Piccolino
The catchy Piccolino
And dance to the strains of that new melody
The Piccolino
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When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you
If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do
Fate is kind
She brings to those who love
The sweet fulfillment of
Their secret longing
Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true
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Tim Stevens Melbourne, Australia
Improvising piano player and composer, Melbourne, Australia
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