Blossom Dearie

I'm discontented

with homes that are rented

So I have invented my own



Darling this place is

a lover's oasis

Where life's weary chase is unknown



Far from the cry of the city

Where flowers pretty

Caress the streams



Cozy to hide in,

to live side by side in

Don't let it abide in my dreams



Picture me upon your knee

with tea for two, and two for tea

Me for you, and you for me

Alone



Nobody near us

to see us or hear us

No friends or relations

on weekend vacations



We won't have it known

That we own

a telephone



Day will break

And you'll awake

And I will bake

a sugar cake

For you to take

For all the boys to see



We will raise a family

A boy for you and a girl for me

Can't you see

How happy we would be

My height, just average, my weight just average,
And my IQ is, like you'd estimate, just average
But evidently, he does not agree
Consequently, if I seem at scene

It amazes me
It simply amazes me
What he sees in me
dazzles me,
dazes me
That I've learned to clip my wings
and soften my ways
these are ordinary things,
unworthy of praise

Yet he praises me
just knowing I try for him
when so many would
if they could
die for him
i'm the one who's worldly wise
and nothing much fazes me
but to see me in his eyes
it just amazes me

Ask me how do I feel,
now that we're cozy and clinging
Well, sir, all I can say is
if I were a bell, I'd be ringing
From the moment we met tonight
that's the way I just gotta behave
Boy, if I were a lamp I'd light
and if I were a banner, I'd wave
Ask me how do I feel,
little me with my quiet upbringing
Well, sir, all I can say is
if I were a gate, I'd be swinging
And if I were a season, I'd surely be spring
And if I were a bell, I'd go
ding-dong-ding-dong-ding

Once upon a summertime, if you recall

We stopped beside a little flower stall

A bunch of bright forget-me-nots

Was all I'd ever let you buy me



Once upon a summertime just like today

We laughed the happy afternoon away

And stole a kiss at every street cafe



You were sweeter than the blossoms on the tree

I was as proud as any girl could be

As if the mayor had offered me the key

to Paris



Now another winter time has come and gone

The pigeons feeding in the square have flown

But I remember when the vespers chimed

You loved me once upon a summertime



Now another winter time has come and gone

The pigeons feeding in the square have flown

But I remember when the vespers chimed

You loved me once upon a summertime

I'll take Manhattan,

the Bronx, and Staten Island too

It's lovely going through

the zoo



It's very fancy

on old Delancey Street, you know

The subway charms us so

when balmy breezes blow

to and fro



And tell me what street

compares with Mott Street in July

Sweet pushcarts gently

gliding by



The great big city's a wondrous toy

Made for a girl and boy

We'll turn Manhattan

into an isle of joy



Tell me what street

compares with Mott Street in July

Sweet pushcarts gently

gliding by



The great big city's a wondrous toy

Made for a girl and boy

We'll turn Manhattan

into an isle of joy



I'll take Manhattan

I'll take Manhattan

It's very clear, our love is here to stay
Not for a year, but ever and a day
The radio and the telephone and the movies that we know
may just be passing fancies and in time may go,
But oh, my dear, love is here to stay
Together we're going a long long way
In time the rockies may crumble, Gibralta may tumble,
they're only made of clay, but
our love is here to stay

I wish you bluebirds in the spring
To give your heart a song to sing,
And then a kiss, but more than this,
I wish you love.
And in July, a lemonade
To cool you in some leafy glade;
I wish you health, and more than wealth,
I wish you love.

My breaking heart and I agree
That you and I could never be,
So with my best, my very best,
I set you free.

I wish you shelter from the storm,
A cozy fire to keep you warm;
But most of all, when showflakes fall,
I wish you love.