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Lost in the shuffle, I've drifted an' strayed
Bruised by the city, bewildered, betrayed
With a heart heavy laden with faltering strides
I have come to the bridge, to the line that divides!
What am I doing up here in a daze
As I gaze at the cold river bed?
Why do I ask myself, "Shall I go back
when I seem to be going ahead?"
To black moonlight!
Where everything reflects your colour
Darkness that is endless.
nights that leave me friendless . . . blue!
Black moonlight!
You make the lights of Harlem duller
Just like me you're faded, jaded and degraded . . . too!
Why must you send . . .
ebony moonbeams, depressing, distressing . . .
like shadows of love that are gone?
Where will it end?
Will it spread on to the starlight, the sunlight
and darken each promise of dawn?
Black moonlight!
I've lost all power to resist you
Madly, I await you, even though I hate you
Black, black moonlight!
Music by Arthur Johnston
with lyrics by Arthur Coslow, 1933
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And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we're apart
You wander down the lane and far away
Leaving me a song that will not die
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
The music of the years gone by
Sometimes I wonder why I spend
The lonely night dreaming of a song
The melody haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
When our love was new
And each kiss an inspiration
But that was long ago
Now my consolation
Is in the stardust of a song
Beside a garden wall
When stars are bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale tells his fairy tale
A paradise where roses bloom
Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love's refrain
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Dancing in the dark Till the tune ends
We're dancing in the dark and it soon ends
We're waltzing in the wonder of why we're here
Time hurries by, we're here and gone
Looking for the light of a new love
To brighten up the night, I have you love
And we can face the music together
Dancing in the dark
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It was a lucky April shower
It was the most convenient door
I found a million dollar baby
In a five and ten cent store
The rain continued for an hour
I hung around for three or four
Around a million dollar baby
In a five and ten cent store
She was selling china
And when she made those eyes
I kept buying china
Until the crowd got wise
Incidentally
If you should run into a shower
Just step inside my cottage door
And meet the million dollar baby
From the five and ten cent store
Love comes along like a popular song
Any time or anywhere at all
Rain or sunshine
Spring or fall
Say, you'll never know when it may say hello
In a very unexpected place
For example, take my case
She was selling china
And when she made those eyes
I kept buying china
until the crowd got wise
Incidentally
If you should run into a shower
Oh, step inside my cottage door
And meet my million dollar baby
From the five and ten cent store
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I have given you my true love
But you love a new love
What am I supposed to do now
With you now, you're through
You'll be on your merry way
And there's only this to say
I'm through with love
I'll never fall again
Said adieu to love
Don't ever call again
For I must have you or no one
And so I'm through with love
I've locked my heart
I'll keep my feelings there
I have stocked my heart
With icy, frigid air
And I mean to care for no one
Because I'm through with love
Why did you lead me
To think you could care
You didn't need me
For you had your share
Of slaves around you
To hound you and swear
With deep emotion and devotion to you
Goodbye to spring and all it meant to me
It can never bring the thing that used to be
For I must have you or no one
And so I'm through with love
Why did you lead me
To think you could care
You didn't need me for you had your share
Of slaves around you to hound you and swear
With deep emotion and devotion to you
Goodbye to spring and all it meant to me
It can never bring the thing that used to be
For I must have you or no one
And so I'm through with love
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1938
Love needs no debating;
It's 'hello' or 'goodbye';
Yet I'm between a kiss and a sigh.
You keep hesitating;
Can't I get some reply,
'Cause I'm between a kiss and a sigh?
Won't you explain the case?
What will I have to face?
Would I be out of place in your arms?
I don't mind the waiting, if I only knew why,
but I'm between a kiss and a sigh.
Won't you explain the case?
What will I have to face?
Would I be out of place in your arms?
I don't mind the waiting, if I only knew why,
but I'm between a kiss and a sigh.
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Sweet you in the moonlight
Sweet is the word for you
For all that you have done for me
The one for me is you
Sweet you in the starlight
Sweet is the word for you
But all the stars that glow above
Seem to know of my love for you
Because of you the wind is wine tonight
My heart sings with every beat
Are you a dream here in the moonlight
Sweet is the word for you
And yet you seem divine tonight
You're mine tonight
My Sweet
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