I’m feeling mighty lonesomeHaven’t slept a winkI walk the floor and watch the doorAnd in between I drinkBlack CoffeeLove’s a hand me down brewI’ll never know a SundayIn this weekday room I’m talking to the shadows1 o’clock to 4And Lord, how slow the moments goWhen all I do is pourBlack CoffeeSince the blues caught my […]

I was blue, just as blue as I could beEv’ry day was a cloudy day for meThen good luck came a-knocking at my doorSkies were gray but they’re not gray anymore Blue skiesSmiling at meNothing but blue skiesDo I see BluebirdsSinging a songNothing but bluebirdsAll day long Never saw the sun shining so brightNever saw […]

We’ll have a blue roomA new room for two roomWhere ev’ry day’s a holidayBecause you’re married to me. Not like a ballroomA small room, A hall roomWhere I can smoke my pipe awayWith your wee head upon my knee. We will thrive on, keep alive onJust nothing but kissesWith Mister and MissusOn little blue chairs. […]

Everytime we say goodbye, I die a little,Everytime 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 […]

Blue MoonYou saw me standing aloneWithout a dream in my heartWithout a love of my ownBlue MoonYou know just what I was there forYou heard me saying a prayer forSomeone I really could care for And then there suddenly appeared before meThe only one my arms will holdI heard somebody whisper please adore meAnd when […]

I’m so unhappyWhat’ll I do?I long for somebody whoWill sympathize with meI’m growing so tired of living aloneI lie awake all night and cryNobody loves meThat’s why All by myself in the morningAll by myself in the night I sit alone with a table and a chairSo unhappy therePlaying solitaire All by myself I get […]

Porgy:Bess, you is my woman now,you is, you is!An’ you mus’ laugh an’ sing an’ dancefor two instead of one.Want no wrinkle on yo’ brow,Nohow,Because de sorrow of de past is all done doneOh, Bess, my Bess! Bess:Porgy, I’s yo’ woman now,I is, I is!An’ I ain’t never goin’ nowhere ‘less you shares de fun.Dere’s […]

Maybe I can’t live to love you as long as I want to.Life isn’t long enough baby, but I can love you as long as I live. Maybe I can’t give you diamonds and things like I want to,But I can promise you, baby, I’m gonna want to as long as I live. I never […]