I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good

I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
music by Duke Ellington (left)
lyric by Paul Francis Webster (right)

Never treats me sweet and gentle, the way she should,
I got it bad and that ain't good.
My poor heart is sentimental, not made of wood,
I got it bad and that ain't good.

But when the weekend's over and Monday rolls around,
I end up where I start out, just crying my heart out.

Lord above, make her love me the way she should,
I got it bad and that ain't good.
I got it bad and that ain't good...

I've Got Five Dollars

I've Got Five Dollars
music by Richard Rodgers (left)
lyric by Lorenz Hart (right)

Mister Shylock was stingy; I was miserly, too.
I was more selfish and crabby than a shellfish.
Oh, dear, it's queer what love can do!
I'd give all my possessions for you...

I've got five dollars; I'm in good condition; and I've got ambition---
That belongs to you.
Six shirts and collars; debts beyond endurance on my life insurance---
That belongs to you.

I've got a heart that must be spurtin'!
Just be certain I'll be true!

Take my five dollars! Take my shirts and collars! Take my heart that hollers,
"Ev'rything I've got belongs to you!"

Peggy Joyce has a bus'ness; all her husbands have gold.
And Lilyan Tashman is not kissed by an ashman.
But now, somehow, wealth leaves me cold.
Though you're not poor as a church mouse, I'm sold!

I've got five dollars; eighty-five relations; two lace combinations---
They belong to you!
Two coats with collars; Ma and Grandma wore 'em; all the moths adore 'em---
They belong to you!

I've got two lips that care for mating, therefore waiting will not do!
Take my five dollars! Take my shirt and collars! Take my heart that hollers,
"Ev'rything I've got belongs to you!"

I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo

I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo
music by Harry Warren (left)
lyric by Mack Gordon (right)

A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I got a gal in Kalamazoo.
Don't want to boast but I know she's the toast of Kalamazoo.
(Zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo)

Years have gone by, my, my, how she grew.
I liked her looks when I carried her books in Kalamazoo.
(Zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo)

I'm gonna send away, hoppin' on a plane, leavin' today!
Am I dreamin'? I can hear her screamin': Hiya Mr. Jackson, ev'rything's
O, K, A, L, A, M, A, Z, O, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a gal, a real pipperoo.
We're goin' to Michigan to see the sweetest gal in Kalamazoo.
(Zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo)

It's You Or No One

It's You Or No One
music by Jule Styne (left)
lyric by Sammy Cahn (right)

How did I know that the warmth of the glow would last?
And how did I guess that the long loneliness was past?
I merely looked at you, and I knew, then and there I knew.

It's you or no one for me.
I'm sure of this, each time we kiss.
Now and forever and when forever's done, you'll find that you are still the one.

So, please don't say no to my plea, 'cause if you do, then I'm all through.
There is this about you, my world's an empty world without you,
It's you ar no one for me...

I've Got A Crush On You

I've Got A Crush On You
music by George Gershwin (left)
lyric by Ira Gershwin (right)

How glad the many millions of Annabelles and Lillians would be
To capture me.
But you had such persistence you wore down my resistance; I fell---
And it was swell. (You've no idea how lucky you are, you little ducky, to get this boy to pet.)
I'm your (you're my) big and brave and handsome Romeo.
How I won you I will never, never know.
It's not that you're attractive---but oh, my heart grew active when you came into view...

I've got a crush on you, Sweetie Pie.
All the day and nighttime hear me sigh.
I never had the least notion that I could fall with so much emotion...

Could you coo, could you care for a cunning cottage we could share?
The world will pardon my mush
'Cause I have got a crush, my baby, on you...

I've got a crush on you, Sweetie Pie.
All the day and nighttime hear me sigh.
This isn't just a flirtation:
We're proving that there's prodestination.

I could coo, I could care for that cunning cottage we could share.
Your mush I never shall shush 'cause I've got a crush, my baby, on you...

It's The Talk Of The Town

It's The Talk Of The Town
music by Jerry Livingston (left)
lyric by Marty Symes & A.J. Neiburg

We were more than lovers, we were more than sweethearts,
It's so hard to understand.
Don't know why it happened, don't know how it started,
Why should we be strangers, after all we planned...

I can't show my face, can't go anyplace,
People stop and stare, it's so hard to bear.
Ev'rybody knows you left me, it's the talk of the town.

Ev'rytime we meet my heart skips a beat,
We don't stop to speak though it's just a week.
Ev'rybody knows you left me, it's the talk of the town.

We sent out invitations to friends and relations announcing our wedding day.
Friends and our relations sent congratulations, how can we face them?
What can we say?

Let's make up, sweetheart, we can't stay apart,
Don't let foolish pride keep you from my side.
How can love like ours be ended?
It's the talk of the town...

It's The Same Old Dream

It's The Same Old Dream
music by Jule Styne (left)
lyric by Sammy Cahn (right)

I can see a steeple surrounded by people, oh, how real it all starts to seem.
Just as the choir is singing, my alarm starts ringing,
It's the same old dream.

And then my thoughts inspire a scene by a fire in a cottage close by a stream.
I know it all by heart now, we're about to part now,
It's the same old dream.

If you but knew how many times I pretend that I'm with you,
I'm sure your heart would unbend, you'd see me through,
Until my dream had a happy ending.

And I can picture clearly the things I love dearly, in the center you reign supreme,
We kiss and I discover I'm a lonesome lover,
It's the same old dream.

It's Only A Paper Moon

It's Only A Paper Moon
music by Harold Arlen (left)
lyric by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (center) & Billy Rose (right)

I never feel a thing is real, when I'm away from you,
Out of your embrace, the world's a temporary parking place.
Mmm, mm, you smile, the bubble has a rainbow in it.

Say, it's only a paper moon, sailing over a cardboard sea,
But it wouldn't be make believe, if you believed in me.
Yes, it's only a canvas sky, hanging over a muslin tree,
But it wouldn't be make believe, if you believed in me.

Without your love, it's a honky-tonk parade, without your love,
It's a melody played in a penny arcade.

It's a Barnum and Bailey world, just as phony as it can be,
But it wouldn't be make believe if you believed in me.

It's Magic

It's Magic
music by Jule Styne (left)
lyric by Sammy Cahn (right)

You sigh the song begins, you speak and I hear violins,
It's magic.
The stars desert the skies and rush to nestle in your eyes,
It's magic.
Without a golden wand or mystic charms, fantastic things begin when I am in your arms.

When we walk hand in hand, the world becomes a wonderland,
It's magic.
How else can I explain those rainbows when there is no rain,
It's magic.

Why do I tell myself these things that happen are all really true?
When in my heart I know the magic is my love for you...

It's Like Reaching For The Moon

It's Like Reaching For The Moon
music by Gerald Marqusee
lyric by Al Lewis (left) & Al Sherman

It's like reaching for the moon; it's like reaching for the sun;
It's like reaching for the stars, reaching for you.
You're so far above me, how can I expect an angel to love me?
Who is so divine as you are?

It's like flying without wings; playing fiddle without strings,
And a million other things no one can do.
Though my hopes are slender, in my secret heart I pray
You'll surrender soon, though it's like reaching for the moon.

It's Easy To Remember

It's Easy To Remember
music by Richard Rodgers (left)
lyric by Lorenz Hart (right)

With you I owned the earth.
With you I ruled creation.
No you, and what's it worth?
It's just an imitation...

Your sweet expression, the smile you gave me, the way you looked when we met---

It's easy to remember, but so hard to forget.

I hear you whisper, "I'll always love you,"

I know it's over, and yet---

It's easy to remember, but so hard to forget...

So I must dream to have your hand caress me, fingers press me tight.

I'd rather dream than have the lonely feeling stealing through the night.

Each little moment is clear before me, and though it brings me regret---

It's easy to remember and so hard to forget...

It's De-Lovely

It's De-Lovely
music & lyric by Cole Porter

I feel a sudden urge to sing the kind of ditty that invokes the spring,
So control your desire to curse while I crucify the verse.
This verse you've started seems to me the Tin-Oantithesis of melody,
So spare me, please, the pain, just skip the damn thing
And sing the refrain...

Mi, mi, mi, mi, re, re, re, re, do, sol, mi, do, la, si.
Take it away...

The night is young, the skies are clear, so if you want to go walking, dear,
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.
I understand the reason why you're sentimental, 'cause so am I,
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

You can tell at a glance what a swell night this is for romance,
You can hear Mother Nature murmuring low, "Let yorself go."

So please be sweet, my chickadee, and when I kiss you, just say to me,
"It's delightful, it's delicious, it's delectable, it's delirious, it's dilemma,
It's delimit, it's deluxe, it's de-lovely."

Oh, charming sir, the way you sing would break the heart of Missus Crosby's Bing,
For the tone of your tra la la has that certain je ne sais quois.

Oh, thank thee kindly, winsome wench, but 'stead of falling into Berlin French
Just warble to me, please, this beautiful strain in plain Brooklynese.

Mi, mi, mi, mi, re, re, re, re, do, sol, mi, do, la, si.
Take it away.

Time marchs on and soon it's plain you've won my heart and I've lost my brain.
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.
Life seems so sweet that we decide it's in the bag to get unified,
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

See the crowd in that church, see the proud parson plopped on his perch,
Gor the sweet heat of that organ, sealing our doom,
"Here comes the groom, boom!"

How they cheer and how they smile as we go galloping down that aisle.
"It's divine, dear, it's diveen, dear, it's de-wunderbar, it's de victory,
It's de vallop, it's de vinner, it's de voiks, it's de-lovely."

The knot is tied and so we take a few hours off to eat wedding cake,
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.
It feels so fine to be a bride, and how's the groom?
Why he's slightly fried.
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

To the pop of champagne, off we hop in our plush little plane
Till a bright light through the darkness cozily calls, "Niag'ra Falls."

All's well, my love, our day's complete, and what a beautiful bridal suite,
It's de-reamy, it's de-rowsy, it's de-reverie, it's de-rhapsody, it's de-regal,
It's de-royal, it's de-Ritz, it's de-lovely.

We settle down as man and wife to solve the riddle called "married life",
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

All's right as can be till, one night, at my window I see
An absurd bird with a bundle hung on his nose---"Get baby clo'es."

Those eyes of yours are filled with joy when Nurse appears and cries, "It's a boy."
"He's appalling, he's appealing, he's a pollywog, he's a paragon, he's a Popeye,
He's a panic, he's a pip, he's de-lovely."

Our boy grows up, he's six feet three, he's so good-looking, he looks like me,
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.
He's such a hit, this son of ours, that all the dowagers send him flowers,
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

So sublime is his press that in time, L.B. Mayer, no less, makes a special flight
To New York and tells him that he should
Go Hollywood.

Good God! today, he gets such pay that Elaine Barrie's his fiancee,
"It's delightful, it's delicious, it's delectable, it's delirious, it's dilemma, it's delimit,
It's deluxe, it's de-lovely."

It's Been A Long, Long Time

It's Been A Long, Long Time
music by Jule Styne (left)
lyric by Sammy Cahn (right)

Kiss me once, then kiss me twice, then kiss me once again, it's been a long, long time.
Haven't felt like this, my dear, since can't remember when, it's been a long, long time.
You'll never know how many dreams I've dreamed about you,
Or just how empty they all seemed without you,
So, kiss me once, then kiss me twice, then kiss me once again,
It's been a long, long time.

It's Always You

It's Always You
music by Jimmy Van Heusen (left)
lyric by Johnny Burke (right)

Whenever it's early twilight, I watch till a star breaks through,
Funny it's not a star I see, it's always you.
Whenever I roam through roses, and lately I often do,
Funny, it's not a rose I touch, it's always you.

If a breeze caresses me, it's really you strolling by.
If I hear a melody, it's merely the way you sigh.

Wherever you are you're near me, you dare me to be untrue.
Funny, each time I fall in love, it's always you...

It's All Right With Me

It's All Right With Me
music & lyric by Cole Porter

It's the wrong time at the wrong place,
Though your face is charming, it's the wrong face.
It's not her face but such a charming face that it's all right with me.

It's the wrong song in the wrong style,
Though your smile is lovely, it's the wrong smile,
It's not her smile but such a lovely smile that it's all right with me...

You can't know how happy I am that we met,
I'm strangely attracted to you.
There's someone I'm trying so hard to forget, don't you want to forget someone too?

It's the wrong game with the wrong chips,
Thjough your lips are tempting, they're the wrong lips,
They're not her lips but they're such tempting lips
That if some night you're free,
Dear, it's all right, it's all right with me...

It's A Wonderful World

It's A Wonderful World
music by Jan Savitt (left) & John K. Watson
lyric by Harold Adamson (right)

It's a wonderful world, I'm just walking on air.
Talk of heaven on earth, I've got more than my share.
Haven't got a care, happy all day through,
It's a wonderful world, loving wonderful you...

It's A New World

It's A New World
music by George Gershwin (left)
lyric by Ira Gershwin (right)

How wonderful that I'm beholding a Never-Never Land unfolding---
Where we polish up the stars and mountains we move
In a life where all the pleasures we will prove...

It's a new world I see---a new world for me!
The tears have rolled off my cheek, and fears fade away ev'ry time you speak...
A new world, though we're in a tiny room---
What a vision of joy and blossom and bloom!
A newfound promise, one that will last---so I'm holding on and I'm holding fast!

You've brought a new world to me, and that it'll always, always be!

It's A Most Unusual Day

It's A Most Unusual Day
music by Jimmy McHugh (left)
lyric by Harold Adamson (right)

It's a most unusual day, feel like throwing my worries away,
As an old native-born Californian would say, "It's a most unusual day!"
There's a most unusual sky, not a sign of a cloud passing by,
And if I want to sing, throw my heart in the ring, it's a most unusual day.

There are people meeting people, there is sunshine everywhere.
There are people greeting people and a feeling of spring in the air.

It's a most unusual time, I keep feeling my temp'rature climb.
If my heart won't behave in the usual way, well, there's only one thing to say,
It's a most unusual day.

It's A Lovely Day Today

It's A Lovely Day Today
music & lyric by Irving Berlin

It's a lovely day today, so whatever you've got to do,
You've got a lovely day to do it in, that's true.
And I hope whatever you've got to do
Is something that can be done by two, for I'd really like to stay...

It's a lovely day today, and whatever you've got to do,
I'd be so happy to be doing it with you.
But if you've got something that must be done,
And it can only be done by one, there is nothing more to say,

Except it's a lovely day for saying
It's a lovely day.

It's a lovely day today, and whatever I've got to do,
I've got a lovely day to do it in, that's true.
But perhaps whatever I've got to do is something that can be done by two
If it is then you can stay.
It's a lovely day today, but you're probably busy too,
So I suppose there's really nothing that we can do.
For if you've got something that must be done and it can only be done by one,
There is nothing more to say, except it's a lovely day for saying it's a lovely day.

It's a lovely day today if you've got something that must be done,
Now don't forget two heads are better than just one.
And besides, I'm certain if you knew me, you'd find I'm very good company---
Won't you kindly let me stay?

There is nothing more to say except it's a lovely day for saying
It's a lovely day...