Trees
TREES 1913 | I THINK THAT I SHALL NEVER SEE A POEM AS LOVELY AS A TREE. A TREE WHOSE HUNGRY MOUTH IS PRESSED, AGAINST THE EARTH’S SWEET FLOWING BREAST. A TREE THAT LOOKS AT GOD ALL DAY, AND LIFTS HER LEAFY ARMS TO PRAY. A TREE THAT MAY IN …
To Each His Own
TO EACH HIS OWN 1946 | A ROSE MUST REMAIN WITH THE SUN AND THE RAIN, OR IT’S LOVELY PROMISE WONT COME TRUE. TO EACH HIS OWN, TO EACH HIS OWN, AND MY OWN IS YOU. WHAT GOOD IS A SONG IF THE WORDS JUST DON’T BELONG, AND A DREAM …
Tip Toe Through the Tulips
TIP-TOE THROUGH THE TULIPS _________________________________1929 TIP-TOE TO THE WINDOW, BY THE WINDOW, THAT IS WHERE I’LL BE. COME TIP-TOE THROUGH THE TULIPS WITH ME. TIP-TOE FROM YOUR PILLOW, TO THE SHADOW, OF A WILLOW TREE, AND TIP-TOE THROUGH THE TULIPS WITH ME. KNEE DEEP IN FLOWERS WE’LL STRAY. WE’LL KEEP …
Three o’Clock in the Morning
THREE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING 1919 IT’S THREE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING, WE’VE DANCED THE WHOLE NIGHT THROUGH. AND DAYLIGHT SOON WILL BE DAWNING, JUST ONE MORE WALTZ WITH YOU. THAT MELODY SO ENTRANCING, SEEMS TO BE MADE FOR US TWO. I COULD JUST KEEP RIGHT ON DANCING FOREVER, DEAR, …
This Ole House
THIS OLE HOUSE 1954 | THIS OLE HOUSE ONCE KNEW HIS CHILDREN. THIS OLE HOUSE ONCE KNEW HIS WIFE. THIS OLE HOUSE WAS HOME AND COMFORT AS THEY FOUGHT THE STORMS OF LIFE. THIS OLD HOUSE ONCE RANG WITH LAUGHTER. THIS OLD HOUSE HEARD MANY SHOUTS. NOW HE TREMBLES IN …
Foolish Things
THESE FOOLISH THINGS 1936 | A CIGARETTE THAT BEARS A LIPSTICK’S TRACES. AN AIRLINE TICKET TO ROMANTIC PLACES. AND STILL MY HEART HAS WINGS. THESE FOOLISH THINGS REMIND ME OF YOU. A TINKLING PIANO IN THE NEXT APARTMENT. THOSE STUMBLING WORDS THAT TOLD YOU WHAT MY HEART MEANT. A FAIR-GROUND’S …
Tenderly
TENDERLY 1946 | 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 CANT FORGET, HOW TWO HEARTS MET, BREATHLESSLY. YOUR ARMS …
Tell me Why
TELL ME WHY 1951 1 TELL ME WHY THE STARS DO SHINE. TELL ME WHY THE IVY TWINES. TELL ME WHY THE SKY’S SO BLUE, AND I WILL TELL YOU JUST WHY I LOVE YOU. BECAUSE GOD MADE THE STARS TO SHINE. BECAUSE GOD MADE THE IVY TWINE. BECAUSE GOD …
Tea for Two
TEA FOR TWO 1925 | PICTURE ME UPON YOUR KNEE, JUST TEA FOR TWO AND TWO FOR TEA, JUST YOU FOR ME AND ME FOR YOU ALONE. NOBODY NEAR US TO SEE US OR HEAR US, NO FRIENDS OR RELATIONS ON WEEKEND VACATIONS. WE WONT HAVE IT KNOWN, DEAR, THAT …
Taps
TAPS 1862 | DAY IS DONE, GONE THE SUN, FROM THE LAKE, FROM THE HILLS, FROM THE SKY. ALL IS WELL, SAFELY REST, GOD IS NIGH. FADING LIGHT, DIMS THE SIGHT, AND A STAR GEMS THE SKY, GLEAMING BRIGHT. FROM AFAR, DRAWING NIGH, FALLS THE NIGHT. THANKS AND PRAISE, FOR …