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Perry Como

So Smooth

RCA Victor LPM-1085
Sep / 1955

Produced by Joe Reisman

Cover image of So Smooth

Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
The Ray Charles Singers
Recorded:
Jan/1955, Webster Hall, NY City

1.

It's A Good Day

Peggy Lee - Dave Barbour

© Denslow Music, ASCAP

Oh it's a good day for singing a song
And it's a good day for moving along
Yes it's a good day how could anything be wrong
A good day from morning till night

Yes it's a good day for shining your shoes
And it's a good day for losing the blues
Everything to gain and nothing to lose
Cause it's a good day from morning till night
(You're alright)

I said to the sun good morning sun
Rise and shine today
You know you've gotta get going
If you're gonna make a showing
And you know you've got the right of way

Cause it's a good day for paying your bills
And it's a good day for curing your ills
So take a deep breath throw away the pills
Cause it's a good day from morning till night

(So this very day I said to the sun
Good morning sun rise and shine
Why don't you rise and shine)
You know you've gotta get going
If you're gonna make a showing
And you know you've got the right of way

Cause it's a good day for paying your bills
Yes it's a good day for curing your ills
So take a deep breath and throw away the pills
Cause it's a good day from morning till night
Oh it's a good day from morning till night
Yes it's a good day from morning till night

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2.

As Time Goes By

Herman Hupfeld

© Chappell Co, ASCAP

You must remember this a kiss is still a kiss
A sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by
And when two lover woo they still say I love you
On this you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by

Moonlight and love songs never out of date
Hearts full of passion jealousy and hate
Woman needs a man and man must have his mate
That no one can deny
It's still the same old story fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
[ instrumental ]
It's still the same old story fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by

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3.

I've Got The World On A String

Ted Koehler - Harold Arlen

© Mills Music, ASCAP

I got the world on a string sittin' on a rainbow
Got the string around my finger
What a world what a life I'm in love
I got a song that I sing I can make the rain go
Anytime I move my finger
Lucky me can't you see I'm in love

Life is a beautiful thing
As long as I hold the string
I'd be a silly so and so
If I should ever let you go

I got the world on a string sittin' on a rainbow
Got the string around my finger
What a life what a world I'm in love
[ instrumental ]
What a world what a life I'm in love
[ instrumental ]
Lucky me can't you see that I'm in love

Life is a beautiful thing...

Oh I got the world on a string sittin' on a rainbow
Got the string around my finger
What a world what a life I'm really in love

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4.

My Funny Valentine

Lorenz Hart - Richard Rodgers

© Chappell Co, ASCAP

My funny Valentine sweet comic Valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable unphotographable
Yet you're my favorite work of art

Is your figure less than Greek
Is your mouth a little weak
When you open it to speak
Are you smart

Don't change your hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little Valentine stay
Each day is Valentine's Day
[ instrumental ]
Each day is Valentine's Day

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5.

For Me And My Gal

Edgar Leslie - Ray Goetz - George Meyer

© Mills Music, ASCAP

The bells are ringin' for me and my gal
The birds are singin' for me and my gal
Everybody's been knowin' to a weddin' they're goin'
And for weeks they've been sewin' every Susie and Sal

They're congregatin' for me and my gal
The parson's waitin' for me and my gal
And someday we're gonna build a little home
For two or three or four or more
In loveland for me and my gal

!See the relatives there looking over the pair
They can tell at a glance it's a loving romance
It's a wonderful sight as the families unite
See it makes the boy proud as he says to the crowd)

The bells are ringin' for me and my gal
The birds are singin' for me and my gal
Everyone's been knowin' to a weddin' they're goin'
And for weeks they've been sewin'
Every Susie and Sal

They're congregatin' for me and my gal
The parson's waitin' for me and my gal
And someday we're gonna build a little home
For two or three or four or more
In loveland in loveland
In loveland for me and my gal

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6.

I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues

Ted Koehler - Harold Arlen

© Harms Music, ASCAP

I gotta right to sing the blues
I gotta right to feel low down
I gotta right to hang around down around the river
A certain gal in this old town
Keeps dragging my poor heart around
All I see for me is misery

I gotta right to sing the blues
I gotta right to moan and sigh
I gotta right to sit and cry down around the river
I know the deep blue sea will soon be calling me
It must be love say what you choose
I gotta right to sing the blues

(He gotta right to sing the blues)
I gotta right to sing the blues
(He gotta right to moan and sigh)
I gotta right to moan and sigh
(He gotta right to sit and cry)
Sit and cry down along the river
I know the deep blue sea will soon be calling me
It must be love say what you choose
I gotta right to sing the blues the blues
I gotta right toninght
I gotta right to sing the blues

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7.

Breezin' Along With The Breeze

Haven Gillespie - Seymour Simons - Richard Whiting

© Remick Music, ASCAP

I'm just breezin' along with the breeze
Trailin' the rail I'm roamin' the seas
Like the birdies that sing in the trees
Pleasin' to live livin' to please

The sky is the only roof I have over my head
And when I'm weary Mother Nature makes me a bed
I'm just goin' along as I please
Breezin' along with the breeze
[ instrumental ]
The sky is the only roof I have over my head...

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8.

It's The Talk Of The Town

Al Neiburg - Marty Symes - Jerry Livingston

© World Music, ASCAP

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

Everytime we meet my heart skips a beat
We don't stop to speak though it's just a week
Everybody knows you left me
It's the talk of the town

We send our invitations to friends and relations
Announcing our wedding day
Friends and our relations gave congratulations
How can you face them what can you 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
[ instrumental ]
We send our invitations to friends and relations...
Let's make up sweetheart we can't stay apart...

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9.

You Do Something To Me

Cole Porter

© Harms Music, ASCAP

You do something to me
Something that simply mystifies me
Tell me why should it be
You have that power to hypnotize me

Let me live neath your spell
Do do that voodoo that you do so well
For you do something to me
That nobody else could do

You do something to me...
Let me live neath your spell...
That nobody else could do

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10.

It Happened In Monterey

Billy Rose - Mabel Wayne

© Leo Feist Music, ASCAP

It happened in Monterey a long time ago
I met her in Monterey in old Mexico
Stars and steel guitars and luscious lips as red as wine
Broke somebody's heart and I'm afraid that it was mine

It happened in Monterey without thinking twice
I left her and threw away the key to paradise
My indiscreet heart longs for a sweetheart
That I left in old Monterey

(It happened in Monterey a long time ago
He met her in Monterey in old Mexico)
Stars and steel guitars and luscious lips as red as wine
Broke somebody's heart and I'm afraid that it was mine

(It happened in Monterey and without thinking twice)
I left her and I threw away the key to paradise
My indiscreet heart longs for a sweetheart
That I left in old Monterey

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11.

One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

Johnny Mercer - Harold Arlen

© E.H. Morris Co, ASCAP

It's a quarter to three there's no one in the place except you and me
So set 'em up Joe I've got a little story that you oughta know
We're drinkin' my friend to the end of a brief episode
Make it one for my baby and one more for the road

I got the routine so drop another nickel in the machine
I'm feelin' so badI wish you'd make the music dreamy and sad
Could tell you a lot but you got to be true to your code
Make it one for my baby one more for the road

You'd never know it but buddy I'm kind of a poet
And I've got a lot of things to say
And when I'm gloomy you simply gotta listen to me
Until it's talked away

Well that's how it goes and Joe I know you're gettin' anxious too close
So thanks for the cheer I hope you didn't mind my bendin' your ear
This torch that I found must be drowned or it soon will explode
Oh make it one for my baby and one more for the road
That long long road

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12.

In The Still Of The Night

Cole Porter

© Chappell Co, ASCAP

In the still of the night as I gaze from my window
At the moon in its flight my thoughts all stray to you
In the still of the night while the world is in slumber
Oh the times without number darling when I say to you

Do you love me as I love you
Are you my life to be my dream come true
Or will this dream of mine fade out of sight
Like the moon growing dim on the rim of the hill
In the chill still of the night
In the still of the night

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