Deep Purple

Deep Purple
music by Peter DeRose (near left in photo)
lyric by Mitchell Parish (right)

When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls
And the stars begin to flicker in the sky,
Through the mist of a memory you wander back to me,
Breathing my name with a sigh.

In the still of the night once again I hold you tight,
Though you're gone your love lives on when moonlight beams,
And as long as my heart will beat, lover, we'll always meet
Here in my deep purple dreams...

(if you'd like to ID the quintet of composers in the photo: from left to right, Peter DeRose, Jean Schwartz, J. Fred Coots, Charles Tobias and Jack Lawrence...all members of The Songwriters Hall Of Fame)