You've got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive,
After you've gone, and left me crying,
So I sing you to sleep, after the lovin',
Raoul:
Today I may not have a thing at all,
All of me, why not take all of me?
All or nothing at all.
You..........are..........
When somebody loves you,
What a day this has been!
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E-lim-my-nate the negative,
Latch on to the affirmative,
Don't mess with Mister In-between.
You've got to spread joy up to the maximum,
Bring gloom down to the minimum,
Have faith or pandemonium.....
Liable to walk up on the scene.
To illustrate my last remark,
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark,
What did they do just when ev'rything look so dark?
'Man' they said:
We better ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive,
E-lim-my-nate the negative,
Latch on to the affirmative,
Don't mess with Mister In-between.
We better ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive,
E-lim-my-nate the negative,
Latch on to the affirmative,
Don't mess with Mister In-between.
No! Don't mess with Mister In-between.
From the Motion Picture
'Here Come The Waves'
Lyric by Johnny Mercer
Music by Harold Arlen
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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After you've gone, there's no denying,
You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad,
You'll miss the greatest love you ever had.
There'll come a time, now don't forget it,
There'll come a time when you'll regret it,
Someday, when you grow lonely,
Your heart will break like mine, and you'll want me only,
After you've gone, after you've gone away.
After I'm gone, after we break up,
After I'm gone, you're gonna wake up,
You will find you were blind,
To let somebody come and change your mind.
After the years we've been together,
Through joy and tears, all kinds of weather,
Someday, blue and downhearted,
You'll long to be with me right back where you started,
After I'm gone, after I'm gone away.
After you've gone, and left me crying,
After you've gone, there's no denying,
You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad,
You'll miss the greatest love you ever had.
There'll come a time, now don't forget it,
There'll come a time when you'll regret it,
Someday, when you grow lonely,
Your heart will break like mine, and you'll want me only,
After you've gone, after you've gone away.
Words by Henry Creamer
Music by Turner Layton
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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With a song I just wrote yesterday,
And I hope you can hear.....
What the words and the music have to say.
It's so hard to explain ev'rything that I'm feelin',
Face to face, I just seem to go dry,
But I love you so much.....
That the sound of your voice can get me high.
Thanks for takin' me
On a one-way trip to the sun,
And thanks for turnin' me
Into a someone.
So, I sing you to sleep, after the lovin',
I brush back the hair from your eyes,
And the love on your face.....
Is so real that it makes me wanna cry.
And I know that my song isn't sayin'.....
Anything new,
Oh, but after the lovin',
I'm still in love with you!
So I sing you to sleep, after the lovin',
With a song I just wrote yesterday,
And I hope you can hear.....
What the words and the music have to say.
Words and Music by
Alan Bernstein and Ritchie Adams
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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No more talk of darkness,
Forget these wide-eyed fears,
I'm here, nothing can harm you,
My words will warm and calm you.
Let me be your freedom.
Let daylight dry your tears,
I'm here, with you, beside you,
To guard you and to guide you.
Christine:
All I ask is ev'ry waking moment,
Turn my head with talk of summertime,
Say you need me with you now and always,
Promise me that all you say is true,
That's all I ask of you.....
Raoul:
Let me be your shelter,
Let me be your light,
You're safe, no one will find you,
Your fears are far behind you.
Christine:
All I want is freedom,
A world with no more night,
And you, always beside me,
To hold me and to hide me.
Raoul:
Then say you'll share with me
One love, one lifetime.
Let me lead you from your solitude.
Say you need me with you, here beside you,
Anywhere you go, let me go too.
Christine, that's all I ask of you.....
Christine:
All I ask for is
One love, one lifetime,
Say the word
And I will follow you.
Together:
Share each day with me,
Each night, each morning,
Anywhere you go, let me go too.
Love me, that's all I ask of you.
'Phantom Of The Opera'
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Charles Hart
Additional Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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Except for just a dream or two,
But I've got lots of plans for tomorrow,
And all my tomorrows belong to you.
Right now it may not seem like Spring at all,
We're drifting and the laughs are few,
But I've got rainbows planned for tomorrow,
And all my tomorrows belong to you.
No one knows better than I,
That luck keeps passing me by, that's fate!
But with you there by my side,
I'll soon be turning the tide, just wait!
As long as I've got arms that cling at all,
It's you that I'll be clinging to,
And all the dreams I dream, beg, or borrow,
On some bright tomorrow, they'll all come true,
And all my tomorrows belong to you!
No one knows better than I,
That luck keeps passing me by, that's fate!
But with you there by my side,
I'll soon be turning the tide, just wait!
From the United Artists Picture
'Hole In The Head'
Starring Frank Sinatra
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Music by James Van Heusen
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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Can't you see I'm no good without you.
Take my lips, I want to lose them.
Take my arms, I'll never use them.
Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry.
How can I go on, Dear, without you?
You took the part that once was my heart,
so why not take all of me?
All of me, why not take all of me?
Can't you see I'm no good without you?
Take my lips, I want to lose them.
Take these arms, I'll never use them.
Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry,
How can I ever make it without you?
You took the part that once was my heart,
So why not take all of me?
By Seymour Simons and Gerald Marks
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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Half a love never appealed to me.
If your heart never could yield to me,
Then I'd rather have nothing at all.
All or nothing at all.
If it's love, there is no in-between.
Why begin, then cry for something that might have been?
No, I'd rather have nothing at all!
But please don't bring your lips so close to my cheek.
Don't smile, or I'll be lost beyond recall.
The kiss in your eyes, the touch of your hand, makes me weak,
And my heart may grow dizzy and fall.
And, if I fall, under the spell of your call,
I would be caught in the undertow,
So, you see, I've got to say 'No!'.....'No!'
All or nothing at all!
All or nothing at all.
Half a love never appealed to me.
If your heart never could yield to me,
Then I'd rather have nothing at all.
Lyrics by Jack Lawrence
Music by Arthur Altman
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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The promised kiss of Springtime
That makes the lonely Winter.....
Seem long.
You..........are..........
The breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink
Of a lovely song.
You are the angel glow
That lights a star.
The dearest things I know
Are what you are.
Some..........day..........
My happy arms will hold you,
And some day, I'll know that moment divine,
When all the things you are, are mine!
You..........are..........
The promised kiss of Springtime
That makes the lonely Winter.....
Seem long.
You..........are..........
The breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink
Of a lovely song.
You are the angel glow
That lights a star.
The dearest things I know
Are what you are.
Some..........day..........
My happy arms will hold you,
And some day, I'll know that moment divine,
When all the things you are, are mine!
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Jerome Kern
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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It's no good unless he loves you,
All the way.
Happy to be near you,
When you need someone to cheer you,
All the way.
Taller than the tallest tree is,
That's how it's got to feel.
Deeper than the deep blue sea is,
That's how deep it goes, if it's real.
When somebody needs you,
It's no good unless he needs you,
All the way.
Through the good or lean years,
And for all the in between years,
Come what may.
Who knows where this road will lead us,
Only a fool would say,
But if you let me love you,
It's for sure I'm gonna love you,
All the way,
All the way.
When somebody loves you,
It's no good unless he loves you,
All the way.
Happy to be near you,
When you need someone to cheer you,
All the way.
Words by Sammy Cahn
Music by James VanHeusen
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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What a rare mood I'm in!
Why, it's almost like being in love.
There's a smile on my face
For the whole human race,
Why, it's almost like being in love.
All the music of life seems to be.....
Like a bell that keeps calling for me.
And, from the way that I feel
What that bell starts to peal
I would swear I was falling in love.
All the music of life seems to be.....
Like a bell that keeps calling for me.
And, from the way that I feel
What that bell starts to peal
I would swear I was falling in love.
I could swear I was falling,
It's almost like being in love!
From 'Brigadoon'
Words by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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