THERE'S A LULL IN MY LIFE
From the film "Wake Up And Live" (1937)
(Mack Gordon / Harry Revel)
Alice Faye (Film Soundtrack) - 1937
Teddy Wilson & His Orch. (vocal: Billie Holiday) - 1937
George Hall & His Orch. (vocal: Dolly Dawn) - 1937
Duke Ellington & His Orch. (vocal: Ivie Anderson) - 1937
Ruth Etting - 1937
Mildred Bailey - 1937
Benny Goodman & His Trio - 1937
Carroll Gibbons & His Orch. - 1937
Kay Starr - 1945
Anita O'Day - 1956
Morgana King - 1956
Ella Fitzgerald - 1957
Anne Shelton - 1957
Johnny Hartman - 1958
Sylvia Syms - 1959
Ann Richards - 1960
Nat King Cole & George Shearing - 1961
Tony Bennett - 1964
Meredith d'Ambrosio - 1982
Natalie Cole - 1996
Stacey Kent - 1996
Also recorded by: Jane Froman; Chet Baker; Kay Thompson;
Banu Gibson; Elaine Stritch; Ahmad Jamal; Hank Mobley.
Oh, there's a lull in my life
It's just a void, an empty space
When you are not in my embrace
Oh, there's a lull in my life
The moment that you go away
There is no night, there is no day
The clock stops ticking
The world stops turning
Everything stops
But that flame in my heart
That keeps burning, burning
Oh, there's a lull in my life
No matter how I may pretend
I know that you alone can end
The ache in my heart
The call of my arms
The lull in my life
The clock stops its ticking
The world stops its turning
Everything stops
But that flame in my heart
That keeps burning, burning
Oh, there's a lull in my life
No matter how I may pretend
I know that you alone can end
The ache in my heart
The call of my arms
The lull in my life
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as rec by Morgana King March 1956 New York
The stars are still on high but they don't twinkle any more;
Why does it seem
They've lost their gleam?
Somehow the lovely flowers have no fragrance any more;
Where is their bloom,
Their sweet perfume?
Darling, that just shows what your goodbye can do,
Until your return there's nothing I can do!
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo, there's a lull in my life
It's just a void, an empty space
When you are not in my embrace.
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo, there's a lull in my life
The moment that you go away,
There is no night, there is no day.
Now the clock stops ticking and the world stops turning,
Everything stops but that ache in my heart that keeps burning, burning.
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, there's a lull in my life;
No matter how I may pretend,
I know that you alone can end
The ache in my heart,
Oh yes the call of my arms,
The lull in my life!
(Transcribed by Peter Akers - August 2011)
