HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING?
(Alan Bergman / Marilyn Bergman / Michel Legrand)
Eddie Condon - 1959
James Ingram - 1983
Frank Sinatra - 1984
Tony Bennett - 1986
Shirley Bassey - 1991
Johnny Mathis - 1993
Also recorded by:
Amici Forever; Carl Anderson; Lew Anderson Big Band;
Ray Anthony; Patti Austin; Gary Bartz; BBC Big Band;
George Benson; City Rhythm Orch.; Freddy Cole;
Judi Connelli; Van Craven; Nicky DePaola;
Louis Edmonds; Lance Ellington; Michael Feinstein;
Pops Fernandez; Mac Frampton; Laura Fygi;
Robin Meloy Goldsby; Jacki Gore; The Governors;
Denyce Graves; Peggy Herman; Milt Jackson; Miles Jaye;
Jazz at the Movies Band; Gail Johnson; Quincy Jones;
Betty Joplin; June Katz; Roslyn Kind; Simone Kopmajer;
Julius LaRosa; Benjamin Legrand; Michel Legrand;
Gary LeMel; Joe Longthorne; Nancy Marano;
Susannah McCorkle; Maureen McGovern; Kitt Moran;
Nana Mouskouri; Tito Nieves; Larry Nozero;
Bill O'Connell; Deborah Offenhauser; David Osborne;
Liz Ott; Emile Pandolfi; Pieces of a Dream;
Marcus Printup; Murray Ross; Arturo Sandoval;
Norman Simmons; Steve Smith; Bob Stewart;
Barbra Streisand; Sylvia Sims; Szylvia; Trotter Trio;
Leslie Uggams; Ed Vodicka & Friends; Larry Willis.
How do you keep the music playing?
How do you make it last?
How do you keep the song from fading too fast?
How do you lose yourself to someone?
And never lose your ways
How do you not run out of new things to say?
And since we're always changing
How can it be the same?
And tell me how year after year
You're sure your heart will fall apart
Each time you hear his name
I know the way I feel for you
It's now or never
The more I love the more that i'm afraid
That in your eyes I may not see forever..
Forever...
If we can be the best of lovers
Yet be the best of friends
If we can try with everyday to make it better as it grows
With any luck, then I suppose
The music never ends
I know the way I feel for you
It's now or never!
(How do you keep the music playing?)
The more I love the more that I'm afraid
(How do you make it last)
That in your eyes I may not see forever
Forever...
(How do you keep the song from fading, keep the song from fading too fast)
If we can be the best of lovers
Yet be the best of friends
If we can try with everyday to make it better as it grows
With any luck, then I suppose
The music never ends
