Quotes by Johnny Mercer

Johnny Mercer

It takes more talent to write music, but it takes more courage to write lyrics.

Talent

Writing

Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew. Everything was ours; how happy we were then, but then once upon a time never comes again.

Once Upon A Time

World

She’s nobody’s fool so I’m playing it cool as can be. I’ll give it a whirl but I ain’t for no girl catching me.

Girl

Giving

Music

Skylark Have you anything to say to me? Won’t you tell me where my love can be?

Music

Skylarks

Skylark,Have you seen a valley green with SpringWhere my heart can go a-journeying,Over the shadows in the rainTo a blossom covered lane?And in your lonely flight,Haven’t you heard the music in the night,Wonderful music,Faint as a will-o-the-wisp,Crazy as a loon,Sad as a gypsy serenading the moon.

Crazy

Heart

Lonely

So you met someone who set you back on your heels – goody, goodyYou met someone and now you know how it feels – goody, goody

Feels

Know How

Mets

That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.

Black

Eye

Magic

The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at playThrough the meadow land toward a closing doorA door marked “nevermore” that wasn’t there before

Children

Running

Wine

The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of red and gold…. I see your lips, the summer kisses The sunburned hands, I used to hold Since you went away, the days grow long And soon I’ll hear ol’ winter’s song. But I miss you most of all my darling, When autumn leaves start to fall.

Fall

Song

Summer

There’s a long goodbye,and it happens every day,when a passerbyinvites your eyeto come away.Even as you smile a quick helloyou let her go,you let the moment fly…Too late you turn your head,you know you’ve saidthe Long Goodbye.

Goodbye

Long

Too Late

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Angel

Baby

Baskets

Beautiful

Bells

Black

Blue

Cents

Children

Consolation

Cowboy

Cows

Crazy

Dancer

Dancing

Eye

Fall

Feels

Follow Me

Girl

Giving

Goodbye

Heart

Hollywood

Jazz

Know How

Latches

Lonely

Long

Love

Magic

Marvelous

Men

Mess

Mets

Music

Night

Once Upon A Time

Radio

Rain

Remember You

Remembers You

Running

Saws

Seems

Shining

Skylarks

Song

Stars

Summer

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Quotes by Johnny Mercer

Johnny Mercer

It takes more talent to write music, but it takes more courage to write lyrics.

Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew. Everything was ours; how happy we were then, but then once upon a time never comes again.

She’s nobody’s fool so I’m playing it cool as can be. I’ll give it a whirl but I ain’t for no girl catching me.

Skylark Have you anything to say to me? Won’t you tell me where my love can be?

Skylark,Have you seen a valley green with SpringWhere my heart can go a-journeying,Over the shadows in the rainTo a blossom covered lane?And in your lonely flight,Haven’t you heard the music in the night,Wonderful music,Faint as a will-o-the-wisp,Crazy as a loon,Sad as a gypsy serenading the moon.

So you met someone who set you back on your heels – goody, goodyYou met someone and now you know how it feels – goody, goody

That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.

The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at playThrough the meadow land toward a closing doorA door marked “nevermore” that wasn’t there before

There’s a long goodbye,and it happens every day,when a passerbyinvites your eyeto come away.Even as you smile a quick helloyou let her go,you let the moment fly…Too late you turn your head,you know you’ve saidthe Long Goodbye.

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