Helen Merrill - I Love Paris
Whether blue or gray be the sky
Whether loud be her cheers or where soft be her tears
More and more do I realize
I love Paris in the springtime
I love Paris in the fall
I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles
Ooh, I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles
1953, przedst. - Lilo (May 7, 1953) ; nagr. - Les Baxter and His Orchestra (1953)
Helen Merrill - Don't Explain
Just say you'll remain
I'm glad you’re back,
Don't explain
Quiet, don't explain
What is there to gain
Skip that lipstick
Helen Merrill - By Myself
the dreams I dreamed went up in smoke.
They didn't pan out as I had intended;
I should know how to take a joke.
I'll go my way by myself, this is the end of romance.
I'll go my way by myself, love is only a dance.
I'll try to apply myself and teach my heart to sing.
Helen Merrill - Black Coffee
Haven't slept a wink
I walk the floor and watch the door
And in between I drink
Black coffee
Love's a hand me down brew
I'll never know a Sunday
In this weekday room
Helen Merrill - Beautiful Love
You are a mystery
Beautiful love
What have you done to me
I was content till you came along
Thrilling me with your song.
Beautiful love
Helen Merrill - Autumn in New York
Why does it seem so inviting
Autumn in New York
It spells the thrill of first-nighting
Glittering crowds and shimmering clouds
In canyons of steel
They're making me feel, I'm home
Helen Merrill - Anything Goes
Was looked on as something shocking,
Now, heaven knows,
Anything goes.
Good authors too who once knew better words,
Now only use four letter words
Writing prose,
Helen Merrill - Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
Howdy-do me, watch me smile
Fare-thee-well me after a while
'Cause I gotta roam
And any place I hang my hat is home
Sweetenin' water, cherry wine
Thank you kindly, suits me fine
Helen Merrill - After You, Who?
That at last you came my way,
There's no further use concealing
That I'm feeling far from gay,
For the rare allure about you
Makes me all the plainer see
How inane, how vain, how empty life without you would be.
Helen Merrill - 'S Wonderful
That you should care for me!
's awful nice, 's paradise,
's what I love to see.
You've made my life so glamorous,
You can't blame me for feeling amorous!
's wonderful, 's marvellous,
Helen Merrill - Anytime
Anytime you're feelin' blue
Anytime you feel downhearted
That will prove your love for me is true
Anytime you're thinkin' `bout me
That's the time I'll be thinkin' of you
So anytime you say you want me back again
That's the time I'll come back home to you
Helen Merrill - You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
You'd be so nice by the fire
While the breeze on high sang a lullaby
You'd be all that I could desire
Under stars chilled by the winter
Under an August moon burning above
You'd be so nice, you'd be paradise
Helen Merrill - The Folks Who Live on the Hill
Strive for lofty goals,
Others play at smaller games,
Being simpler souls.
I am of the latter brand;
All I want to do,
Is to find a spot of land,
Helen Merrill - You Don't Know What Love Is
'Til you've learned the meaning of the blues
Until you've loved a love you've had to lose,
You don't know what love is.
You don't know how lips hurt
Until you've kissed and had to pay the cost,
Until you've flipped your heart and you have lost,
Helen Merrill - Summertime
Fish are jumping and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your mama's good-looking
Hush, little baby don't you cry
Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry
No no no no
Don't cry, don't cry
1934, na scenie - Abbie Mitchell (October 10, 1935) , nagranie - Helen Jepson (October 23, 1935)
Helen Merrill - The Thrill Is Gone
The thrill is gone away
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away
You know you done me wrong baby
And you'll be sorry someday
The thrill is gone
Helen Merrill - The Things We Did Last Summer
The way we danced and hummed our fav'rite song
The things we did last summer I'll remember all winter long
The midway and the fun, the kewpie dolls we won
The bell I rang to prove that I was strong
The things we did last summer I'll remember all winter long
Helen Merrill - What Is This Thing Called Love
This funny thing called love?
Just who can solve this mystery.
Why should it make a fool of me?
So you're there when
You want to possess.
Helen Merrill - Falling in Love With Love
Falling in love with love is playing the fool
Caring too much is such a juvenile fancy
Learning to trust is just for children in school
I fell in love with love one night when the moon was full
I was unwise with eyes unable to see
I fell in love with love, with love everlasting
Helen Merrill - (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over
And my dreams are drifting away
Your eyes don't shine like they used to shine
And the thrill is gone when your lips meet mine
I'm afraid the masquerade is over
And so is love, and so is love
1938, Larry Clinton and His Orchestra, vocal Bea Wain /pierwsze nagranie
Helen Merrill - Nobody Knows
Now you'd think that I'd be happy with the life I got
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Ain't nobody really knows the inner side o'me
I may seem secure, I could have it made
You might think you see a lucky man who made the grade
Nobody knows what dreams I see
Helen Merrill - Out of This World
When I'm looking at you,
I hear out of this world
The music that no mortal ever knew.
You're right out of a book,
The fairy tale I read when I was so high;
No armoured knight out of a book
Helen Merrill - Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
Gay and tender
Love came to me
Sweet surrender
Love came to me
In bright romantic splendor
Fickle was she
Faithful never
Helen Merrill - People Will Say We're in Love
Don't please my folks too much
Don't laugh at my jokes too much
People will say we're in love
Don't sigh and gaze at me
Your sighs are so like mine
And your eyes mustn't glow like mine
1943, Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts (In the original Broadway musical Oklahoma!)
