LAURA 
From the film "Laura" (1945)
(Johnny Mercer / David Raksin)

Frank Sinatra

Also recorded by : Jamey Aebersold; Toshiko Akiyoshi; 
Eric Alexander; Monty Alexander; Ron Allen; Steve Allen;
Gene Ammons; Ray Anthony; Aquablue; Luis Arcáraz; Tony Argo;
Harry Arnold & His Swedish Radio Studio Orch.; Dorothy Ashby;
Bob Badgley; Craig Bailey; Derek Bailey; Chet Baker; 
Patricia Barber; Ian Bargh; Gary Bartz; Count Basie; 
BBC Big Band; Bechet Quartet; Sidney Bechet; Joe Beck;
Joan Bender; Tex Beneke; Richard Rodney Bennett; Tony Bennett;
Biddu Orch.; Big Band; Bigband Orch.; Ran Blake; 
The Blue Dahlia; Claude Bolling Big Band; Boston Brass;
Boston Pops Orch.; Johnny Bothwell; Nino Bravo; 
Alan Broadbent Trio; Herbie Brock; Clifford Brown; Les Brown;
Dave Brubeck; Ray Bryant; Betty Buckley, ..... and many others.


You know the feeling of something half remembered 
Of something that never happened 
Yet you recall it well 
You know the feeling of recognizing someone 
That you've never met as far as you could tell; well: 

Laura is the face in the misty light
Footsteps that you hear down the hall
The laugh that floats on a summer night
That you can never quite recall

And you see Laura on a train that is passing through
Those eyes, how familiar they seem
She gave your very first kiss to you
That was Laura, but she's only a dream

(instrumental)

She gave your very first kiss to you
That was Laura, but she's only a dream


(Contributed by Bill Huntley & Ferda Dolunay - February 2005)