Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered / Ella Fitzgerald / Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart

After one whole quart of brandy
Like a daisy, I’m awake
With no Bromo-Seltzer handy I don’t even shake
Men are not a new sensation I’ve done pretty well I think
But this half-pint imitation
Put me on the blink

I’m wild again, beguiled again
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered – am I
Couldn’t sleep and wouldn’t sleep
When love came and told me, I shouldn’t sleep
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered – am I

Lost my heart, but what of it
He is cold I agree
He can laugh, but I love it
Although the laugh’s on me
I’ll sing to him, each spring to him
And long, for the day when I’ll cling to him
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered – am I

He’s a fool and don’t I know it
But a fool can have his charms I’m in love and don’t I show it
Like a babe in arms
Love’s the same old sad sensation
Lately I’ve not slept a wink
Since this half-pint imitation
Put me on the blink

I’ve sinned a lot, I’m mean a lot
But I’m like sweet seventeen a lot
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered – am I
I’ll sing to him, each spring to him
And worship the trousers that cling to him
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered – am I

When he talks, he is seeking
Words to get, off his chest
Horizontally speaking, he’s at his very best
Vexed again, perplexed again
Thank God, I can be oversexed again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered – am I

Wise at last, my eyes at last
Are cutting you down to your size at last
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered – no more
Burned a lot, but learned a lot
And now you are broke, so you earned a lot
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered – no more

Couldn’t eat, was dispeptic
Life was so hard to bear
Now my heart’s antiseptic
Since you moved out of there

Romance, fini
Your chance, fini
Those ants that invaded my pants, finis
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered no more

Richard Rogers & Lorenz Hart
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered / 1956
Interprété par Ella Fitzgerald

Harlem Nocturne / Mel Tormé / Earle Hagen / Dick Rogers

A nocturne for the blues
Played on a broken heart string
It’s wailing out the news
My baby is gone from me
Dark shadows in the rain
A telephone that won’t ring
Just memories remain
Of lovers that used to be

I miss the laughs and the fun
My spot in the sun
When I was the one one and only
The music and lights
Those wonderful nights
The morning is the time we’d kiss

The laughs and the fun
My days in the sun
They’re over and done and I’m lonely
Don’t ask me to hide
The heartbreak inside
The gleaming spark is gone the light went dark

This nocturne for the blues
Took all and left me nothing
Nothing but the blues
‘Til baby comes back to me

Earle Hagen, Dick Rogers
Harlem Nocturne
Interprété par Mel Tormé

Photo : The Big Combo / Joseph H. Lewis / 1955
Chef op. John Alton / Musique David Raksin / Générique : cliquer ICI

Misty / Sarah Vaughan / Erroll Garner / Johnny Burke

Look at me, I’m as helpless as a kitten up a tree,
And I feel like I’m clinging to a cloud, I can’t understand,
I get misty, just holding your hand.
Walk my way, and a thousand violins begin to play,
Or it might be the sound of your hello, that music I hear,
I get misty, the moment you’re near.
You can say that you’re leading me on,
But it’s just what I want you to do,
Don’t you notice how hopelessly I’m lost,
That’s why I’m following you.
On my own, I would wander through this wonderland alone,
Never knowing my right foot from my left, my hat from my glove,
I’m too misty, and too much in love.
I’m too misty, and too much in love.

Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner
Misty
Interprété par Sarah Vaughan