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Lena Horne

Songs By Burke And Van Heusen

RCA Victor LSP-1895
1959

Produced by Fred Reynolds

Cover image of Songs By Burke And Van Heusen

Arrangements by Lennie Hayton, Ralph Burns
Conducted by Lennie Hayton

1.

You Don't Have To Know The Language

Johnny Burke - James VanHeusen

© Burke And VanHeusen Music, ASCAP

Supposin' you need a vacation
Brazil is the place you should be
So you can't understand what they're saying
And you can't read a sign that you see
But you don't have to know the language
With the moon in the sky and a boy in your arms
And a look in his eye

You stop at the Copacabana
With Sugar Loaf Mountain in view
So the words on a menu mean nothing
You can't ask a soul what to do
But you don't have to know the language
With the moon in the sky and a boy in your arms
And a look in his eye

When he smiles your way
What more would you want anybody to say
So you sigh, just sigh
You don't have to mention that phrase aye aye

Perhaps when you end your vacation
You'll bring back a bit of Brazil
So you can't understand what he's saying
You need an interpretеr still
But you don't have to know the language
With the moon in the sky and a boy in your arms
And a look in his eye
No, you don't have to know the language
If you don't want to say goodbye
[ instrumental ]
When he smiles your way...
Perhaps when you end your vacation...

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2.

Like Someone In Love

Johnny Burke - James VanHeusen

© Burke And VanHeusen Music, ASCAP

Lately I find myself out gazing at stars
Hearing guitars like someone in love
Sometimes the things I do astound me
Mostly whenever you're around me

Lately I seem to walk as though I had wings
Bump into things like someone in love
Each time I look at you I'm limp as a glove
And feeling like someone in love

Lately I find myself out gazing at stars
Hearing guitars like someone in love
Sometimes the things I do astound me
Mostly whenever you're around me

Lately I seem to walk as though I had wings
Bump into things like someone in love
Each time I look at you I'm limp as a glove
And feeling like someone in love

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3.

It's Anybody's Spring

Johnny Burke - James VanHeusen

© Bourne Co, ASCAP

You think that money is everything
And yet it's anybody's Spring
Go make a fortune become a king
And still it's anybody's Spring

And if you flash a bank roll
Do you suppose the brook would care
Or that a rose would say
There goes a millionaire
It's more than diamonds around a ring

Because it's anybody's Spring
You may be born with the silver spoon
And yet it's anybody's moon
You couldn't buy a ticket

To hear the first robin sing
It's free because it's anybody's Spring

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4.

But Beautiful

Johnny Burke - James VanHeusen

© Bourne Co, ASCAP


*****

5.

Just My Luck

Johnny Burke - James VanHeusen

© Bourne Co, ASCAP

When it comes to fall guys I'm the worst
I'm so used to seeing bubbles burst
Every day with me is April 1st
Please no glances no advances

Just my luck to like your eyes
When all the time I know that can't be wise
Just my luck your lips are lovely
That's why they are so good at lovely lies

Just your luck you're fancy free
Too bad there's no one else around but me
Should we laugh and say it's just our luck
Or should we trust our luck and fall in love

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6.

Get Rid Of Monday

Johnny Burke - James VanHeusen

© Bourne Co, ASCAP


*****

7.

A Friend Of Yours

Johnny Burke - James VanHeusen

© Bourne Co, ASCAP

Just say that I'm a friend of yours
And maybe they won't get wise
And if they see us together
I'll brush the dreams from my eyes

I’ll tell my heart it mustn't sing
The song of remember when
Just say that I'm a friend of yours
That you happened to meet again

I'll tell my heart it mustn't sing
The song of remember when
Just say that I'm a friend of yours
That you happened to meet again

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8.

It Could Happen To You

Johnny Burke - James VanHeusen

© Famous Music, ASCAP

Hide your heart from sight
Lock your dreams at night
It could happen to you
Don't count stars
Or you might stumble
Someone drops a sigh
And down you tumble

Keep an eye on spring
Run when church bells ring
It could happen to you
All I did was wonder
How your arms would be
And it happened to me

Keep an eye on spring...

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9.

Sleigh Ride In July

Johnny Burke - James VanHeusen

© Bourne Co, ASCAP

I was taken for a sleigh ride in July
Oh I must have been a set up for a sigh
A mocking bird was whistling a sentimental tune
And I didn't know enough to come in out of the moonlight

So the big romance was only make believe
Just a sleigh ride on a balmy summer eve
My dreams were safe all winter and then to think that I
Was taken for a sleigh ride in July
[ instrumental ]
Just a sleigh ride on a balmy summer eve
My dreams were safe all winter and then to think that I
Was taken for a sleigh ride in July

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10.

My Heart Is A Hobo

Johnny Burke - James VanHeusen

© Bourne Co, ASCAP

My heart is a hobo
Loves to roam through fields of clover
Hates to have to think things over
And though it's wrong I string along

My heart is a hobo
Loves to go out berry pickin'
Hates to hear alarm clocks tickin'
It isn't smart but that's my heart

When hopes are out of the elbows
Dreams are run down at the heels
My heart refuses to worry
It's funny how free it feels

My heart is a hobo
Loves to quote from Omar Khayyam
Hates the stodgy gal that I am
And though it's strange
I just can't change my heart
[ instrumental ]
When hopes are out oat the elbows...

I'm happy my heart is a hobo
Loves to quote from Omar Khayyam
Hates the stubborn gal that I am
And though it's strange
I just can't change
Or even rearrange my heart

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11.

Polka Dots And Moonbeams

Johnny Burke - James VanHeusen

© ABC Music, ASCAP


*****

12.

Ring The Bell

Johnny Burke - James VanHeusen

© Bourne Co, ASCAP


*****



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