LERNER, Alan Jay

On a clear day

On a clear day
Rise and look around you

And you'll see who you are.

On a clear day

How it will astound you

That a glow of your being

Outshines every star.

On a clear day
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You'll feel part

Of ev'ry mountain, sea and shore.

You can hear,

From far and near,

A world you've never heard before.

And on a clear day...

On that clear day...

You can see forever

and ever more!

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I Could Have Danced All Night

Bed, bed I couldn't go to bed

My head's too light to try to set it down

Sleep, sleep I couldn't sleep tonight

Not for all the jewels in the crown

I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night

And still have begged for more

I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things

I've never done before

I'll never know what made it so exciting

Why all at once my heart took flight

I only know when he began to dance with me

I could have danced, danced, danced all night

‘It's after three now

Don't you agree now?

She ought to be in bed’

I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night

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I'll never know what made it so exciting

Why all at once my heart took flight

I only know when he began to dance with me

I could have danced, danced, danced all night

‘I understand dear

It's all been grand dear

But now it's time to sleep’

I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night

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I'll never know what made it so exciting

Why all at once my heart took flight

I only know when he began to dance with me

I could have danced, danced, danced all night


If Ever I Would Leave You

If ever I would leave you

It wouldn't be in summer.

Seeing you in summer I never would go.

Your hair streaked with sun-light,

Your lips red as flame,

Your face with a lustre

that puts gold to shame!

But if I'd ever leave you,

It couldn't be in autumn.

How I'd leave in autumn I never will know.

I've seen how you sparkle

When fall nips the air.

I know you in autumn

And I must be there.

And could I leave you

running merrily through the snow?

Or on a wintry evening

when you catch the fire's glow?

If ever I would leave you,

How could it be in spring-time?

Knowing how in spring I'm bewitched by you so?

Oh, no! not in spring-time!

Summer, winter or fall!

No, never could I leave you at all!


Almost Like Being in Love

TOMMY:

Maybe the sun gave me the pow'r,

For I could swim Loch Lomond

and be home in half an hour.

Maybe the air gave me the drive,

For I'm all aglow and alive.

What a day this has been!

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 is ringing for me!

And from the way that I feel

when that bell starts to peal,

I could swear I was falling

I would swear I was falling,

It's almost like being in love.
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