237. The Man I Love (1924)

lyrics by Ira Gershwin

music by George Gershwin

follows 4 versions of this song

Someday he’ll come along
The man I love
And he’ll be big and strong
The man I love
And when he comes my way
I’ll do my best to make him stay

He’ll look at me and smile
I’ll understand
Then in a little while
He’ll take my hand
And though it seems absurd
I know we both won’t say a word

Maybe I shall meet him Sunday
Maybe Monday maybe not
Still I’m sure to meet him one day
Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day

He’ll build a little home
That’s meant for two
From which I’ll never roam
Who would, would you
And so all else above
I’m dreaming of the man I love

(bridge)

Maybe I shall meet him Sunday
Maybe Monday maybe not
Still I’m sure to meet him one day
Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day

He’ll build a little home
Just meant for two
From which I’ll never roam
Who would, would you
And so all else above
I’m dreaming of the man I love

 

2nd version

Someday he’ll come along
The man I love
And he’ll be big and strong
The man I love
And when he comes my way
I’ll do my best to make him stay

He’ll look at me and smile
I’ll understand
Then in a little while
He’ll take my hand
And though it seems absurd
I know we both won’t say a word

Maybe he’ll come Sunday, one day
Maybe Monday maybe not
Still I’m sure he’ll come some day
Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day

He’ll build a little home
That’s meant for two
From which I’ll never roam
Who would, would you
And so all else above
I’m dreaming of the man I love

(bridge)

Maybe he’ll come Sunday, one day
Maybe Monday maybe not
Still I’m sure he’ll come some day
Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day

He’ll build a little home
Just meant for two
From which I’ll never roam
Who would, would you
And so all else above
I’m dreaming of the man I love

 

3rd version

Someday you come along
The man I love
And he’ll be big and strong
The man I love
And when he comes my way
I’ll do my best to make him stay

He’ll look at me and smile
I’ll understand
Then in a little while
He’ll take my hand
And though it seems absurd
I know we both won’t say a word

Maybe he’ll come Sunday one day
Maybe Monday maybe not
Still I’m sure that he’ll come some day
Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day

He’ll build a little home
That’s meant for two
From which I’ll never roam
Who would, would you
And so all else above
I’m dreaming of the man I love

Maybe he’ll come Sunday one day
Maybe Monday maybe not
Still I’m sure that he’ll come some day
Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day

He’ll build a little home
That’s meant for two
From which I’ll never roam
Who would, would you
And so all else above
I’m dreaming of the man I love

 

4th version

Someday you come along
The man I love
And he’ll be big and strong
The man I love
Then he comes my way
I’ll do my best to make him stay

He’ll look at me and smile
I’ll understand
Then in a little while
He’ll take my hand
And though it seems absurd
I know we both won’t say a word

Maybe he’ll come Sunday one day
Maybe Monday maybe not
Still I’m sure that he’ll come some day
Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day

He’ll build a little home
That’s meant for two
From which I’ll never roam
Who would, would you
And so all else above
I’m dreaming of the man I love

 

From the show Lady Be Good

236. The End Of A Love Affair (1950)

Lyrics and music Edward C. Redding

So I walk a little too fast
And I drive a little too fast
And I’m reckless it’s true
But what else can you do
At the end of a love affair

So I talk a little too much
And I laugh a little too much
And my voice is too loud
When I’m out in a crowd
So that people are apt to stare

Do they know do they care
That it’s only
That I’m lonely
And low as can be
And the smile on my face
Isn’t really a smile at all

So I smoke a little too much
And I joke a little too much
And the tunes I request
Are not always the best
But the ones
Where the trumpets blare

So I go at a maddening pace
And I pretend
That it’s taking his place
But what else can you do
At the end of a love affair

(bridge)

Do they know do they care
That it’s only
That I’m lonely
And low as can be
And the smile on my face
Isn’t really a smile at all

So I smoke a little too much
And I joke a little too much
And the tunes I request
Are not always the best
But the ones
Where the trumpets blare

So I go at a maddening pace
And I pretend
That it’s taking his place
But what else can you do
At the end of a love affair

 

2nd version

[stereo]

So I walk a little too fast
And I drive a little too fast
And I’m reckless it’s true
But what else can you do
At the end of a love affair

So I talk a little too much
And I laugh a little too much
And my voice is too loud
When I’m out in a crowd
So that people are apt to stare

Do they know do they care
That it’s only
That I’m lonely
And low as can be
And the smile on my face
Isn’t really a smile at all

So I smoke a little too much
And I joke a little too much
And the tunes I request
Are not always the best
But the ones
Where the trumpets blare

So I go at a maddening pace
And I pretend
That it’s taking his place
But what else can you do
At the end of a love affair

(bridge)

Do they know do they care
That it’s only
That I’m lonely
And low as can be
And the smile on my face
Isn’t really a smile at all

So I smoke a little too much
And I joke a little too much
And the tunes I request
Are not always the best
But the ones
Where the trumpets blare

So I go at a maddening pace
And I pretend
That it’s taking his place
But what else can you do
At the end of a love affair

first to sing Mabel Mercer

235. The Blues Are Brewin’

Eddie DeLange & Louis Alter

When the moon’s kind of dreamy
Starry eyed and dreamy
And nights are luscious and long
If you’re kind of lonely
And all by your only
Then nothin’ but the blues are brewin’
The blues are brewin’

When the wind through the willow
Blows across your pillow
And tells you sleepin’ is wrong
If love goes a thirsting
Till you feel like bursting
Then nothing but the blues are brewin’
The blues are brewin’

Suppose you want somebody
But you ain’t got nobody
You only get a gleam in your eye
Till somebody’s found you
And puts their lovin’ arms around you
You got the feelin’ you want to die

But when the Lord up above you
Sends someone to love you
The blues are something you loose
You’re so busy doing
The things that you’re doing
That love ain’t got no time
For brewin’ the blues

 

2nd version

When the moon’s kind of dreamy
Starry eyed and dreamy
And nights are luscious and long
If you’re kind of lonely
And all by your only
Then nothin’ but the blues are brewin’
The blues are brewin’

When the wind through the willow
Blows across your pillow
And tells you sleepin’ is wrong
If love goes a thirsting
Till you feel like bursting
Then nothing but the blues are brewin’
The blues are brewin’

Suppose you want somebody
But you ain’t got nobody
You only get a gleam in your eyes
Till somebody’s found you
And puts their lovin’ arms around you
You got the feelin’ you want to die

But when the Lord up above you
Sends someone to love you
The blues are something you loose
You’re so busy doing
The things that you’re doing
That love ain’t got no time
For brewin’ the blues

(bridge)

But when the Lord up above you
Sends someone to love you
The blues are something you loose
You’re so busy doing
The things that you’re doing
That love ain’t got no time
For brewin’ the blues
The blues

 

234. That’s Life I Guess

Peter DeRose & Lewis

Sometimes I wonder
What’s in store for me
Your love could open
Heaven’s door to me
But you don’t care a straw for me
That’s life I guess

My days and nights
Are starting off with you
My sugar kisses taste like salt to you
But why should I find fault with you
That’s life I guess.

The world was bright when you loved me
Sweet was the touch of your lips
The world went dark when you left me
And then there came a total eclipse

Nobody knows how cruel fate can be
How close together love and hate can be
Goodbye just clean the slate for me
That’s life I guess

 

2nd version

Sometimes I wonder
What’s in store for me
Your love could open
Heaven’s door to me
But you don’t care a straw for me
That’s life I guess

My days and nights
Are starting off with you
My sugar kisses taste like salt to you
But why should I find fault with you
That’s life I guess.

The world was bright when you loved me
Sweet was the touch of your lips
The world went dark when you left me
And then there came a total eclipse

Nobody knows how cruel fate can be
How close together love and hate can be
Goodbye just clean the slate for me
That’s life I guess

233. That’s All I Ask Of You

R.E. Pope

You’ve heard my story before
I’ve often told it you know
Well it’s just the same
A dream that’s been in vain

Someone to miss when I’m away
Someone to kiss at close of day
A heart that’s new
With a love that’s true
That’s all I ask of you

Someone to care when things look blue
A love to share my whole life through
We’re side by side
Just a groom and a bride
That’s all I ask of you

Now most of my plans have crumbled and faded
May this one come true
I’ll make a start
I’ll give you my heart
The rest is up to you

So give your love
In one sweet kiss
I ask no more of you than this
Be sweet and kind
Say that you’ll be mine
That’s all I ask of you

(bridge)

Now most of my plans have crumbled and faded
May this one come true
I’ll make a start
I’ll give you my heart
The rest is up to you

So give your love
In one sweet kiss
I ask no more of you than this
Be sweet and kind
Say that you’ll be mine
That’s all I ask of you

 

2nd version

You’ve heard my story before
I’ve often told it you know
Well it’s just the same
A dream that’s been in vain

Someone to miss when I’m away
Someone to kiss at close of day
A heart that’s new
With a love that’s true
That’s all I ask of you

Someone to care when things look blue
A love to share my whole life through
We’re side by side
Just a groom and a bride
That’s all I ask of you

Now most of my plans have crumbled and faded
May this one come true
I’ll make a start
I’ll give you my heart
The rest is up to you

So give your love
In one sweet kiss
I ask no more of you than this
Be sweet and kind
Say that you’ll be mine
That’s all I ask of you

(bridge)

Now most of my plans have crumbled and faded
May this one come true
I’ll make a start
I’ll give you my heart
The rest is up to you

So give your love
In one sweet kiss
I ask no more of you than this
Be sweet and kind
Say that you’ll be mine
That’s all I ask of you

232. That Old Devil Called Love

Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher

It’s that old devil called love again
Gets behind me and keeps giving me the shove again
Putting rain in my eyes, tears in my dreams
And rocks in my heart

It’s that sly old son of a gun again
He keeps telling me that I’m the lucky one again
But I still have that rain still have those tears
And those rocks in my heart

Suppose I didn’t stay ran away wouldn’t play
That devil – what a potion he would brew
He’d follow me around build me up, tear me down
Till I’d be so bewildered I wouldn’t know what to do

Might as well give up the fight again
I know darn well he’ll convince me that he’s right again
When he sings that siren song I just gotta tag along
With that old devil called love

He’d follow me around build me up, tear me down
Till I’d be so bewildered I wouldn’t know what to do

Might as well give up the fight again
I know darn well he’ll convince me that he’s right again
When he sings that siren song I just gotta tag along
With that old devil called love
With that old devil called love

 

2nd version

It’s that old devil called love again
Gets behind me and keeps giving me the shove again
Putting rain in my eyes, tears in my dreams
And rocks in my heart

It’s that sly old son of a gun again
He keeps telling me that I’m the lucky one again
But I still have that rain still have those tears
And those rocks in my heart

Suppose I didn’t stay ran away wouldn’t play
That devil – what a potion he would brew
He’d follow me around build me up, tear me down
Till I’d be so bewildered I wouldn’t know what to do

Might as well give up the fight again
I know darn well he’ll convince me that he’s right again
When he sings that siren song I just gotta tag along
With that old devil called love

He’d follow me around build me up, tear me down
Till I’d be so bewildered I wouldn’t know what to do

Might as well give up the fight again
I know darn well he’ll convince me that he’s right again
When he sings that siren song I just gotta tag along
With that old devil called love
With that old devil called love

 

3rd version

(intro – sound is awful)

It’s that old devil called love again
Gets behind me and keeps giving me the shove again
Putting rain in my eyes, tears in my dreams
Rocks in my heart

It’s that sly old son of a gun again
He keeps telling me that I’m the lucky one again
But I still have that rain still I have those tears
And those rocks in my heart

Suppose I wouldn’t stay wouldn’t play and run away
That devil – what a potion he would brew
He’d follow me around build me up, tear me down
Till I’d be so bewildered I wouldn’t know what to do

Might as well give up the fight again
I know darn well he’ll convince me that he’s right again
When he sings those siren songs I just gotta tag along
With that old devil called love

231. Tenderly (1946)

Lyrics by Jack Lawrence
Music by Walter Gross

The evening breeze
Caressed the trees,
Tenderly
The trembling trees
Embraced the breeze
Tenderly
Then you and I
Came wandering by
And lost in a sigh
Were we

The shore was kissed
By sea and mist
Tenderly
I can’t forget
How two hearts met
Breathlessly

Your arms opened wide
And closed me inside
You took my lips
You took my love
So tenderly

Then you and I
Came wandering by
And lost in a sigh
Were we

The shore was kissed
By sea and mist
Tenderly
I can’t forget
How two hearts met
Breathlessly

Your arms opened wide
And closed me inside
You took my lips
You took my love
So tenderly

 

2nd version

 

(The Amateur Hour intro)

BH: “Well, I’m gonna try do the recording made for Norman Granz, Mercury. Tenderly”)

 

The evening breeze
Caressed the trees
Tenderly
The shimmering trees
Embraced the breeze
Tenderly
Then you and I
Came wandering by
Lost in a sigh
Were we

I can’t forget
How two hearts met
Tenderly
The sky was kissed
By sea and mist
Breathlessly

Your arms opened wide
And closed me inside
You took my lips
You took my love
So tenderly

First to sing Sarah Vaughan

230. Tell Me More And More (And Then Some)

Billie Holiday

Tell me more and more and then some
You know what I long to hear
I want more and more and then some
Of that I Love You Only Dear

Tell me more and more and then some
The way that you feel and then
When you’ve told that old sweet story
And you’re through, start right in again
I’ve made that old mistake
Know the awful ache
Of a heart that’s double crossed
The waitin’s been so long
It’s hard to be believing
If I’ve missed my guess, happiness is lost

Tell me more and more and then some
You know how I love that stuff
Whisper on from now ’til Doomsday
But I never will hear enough

(bridge)

I’ve made that old mistake
Know the awful ache
Of a heart that’s double crossed
The waitin’s been so long
It’s hard to be believing
If miss my guess happiness is lost

Tell me more and more and then some
You know how that I love that stuff
Whisper on from now ’til Doomsday
But I never will hear enough