THINGS ARE LOOKING UP
George Gershwin (m) Ira Gershwin (l)   1937

Fred Astaire w Ray Noble & his Orch   
rec 1937 Hollywood



also-
Billie Holiday w Teddy Wilson & his Orch '37
Barry Wood '41
Ella Fitzgerald w Nelson Riddle & his Orch '59
Denny Dennis w Roy Fox & his Orch

If I should suddenly start to sing,
Or stand on my head, or anything,
Don't think that I've lost my senses,
It's just that my happiness finally commences!

The long long ages of dull despair
Are turning into thin air,
And it seems that suddenly I've
Become the happiest man alive!

Things are looking up;
I've been looking the landscape over,
And it's covered with four-leaf clover,
Oh, things are looking up
Since love looked up at me.

Bitter was my cup,
but no more will I be the mourner,
For I've certainly turned the corner,
Oh, things are looking up
Since love looked up at me.

See the sunbeams,
Every one beams,
just because of you.
Love's in session,
And my depression
Is unmistakeably through.

Things are looking up;
It's a great little world we live in,
Oh, I'm happy as a pup
Since love looked up at me.

See the sunbeams,
Every one beams,
just because of you.
Love's in session,
And my depression
Is unmistakeably through.

Oh, things are looking up;
It's a great little world we live in,
Oh, I'm happy as a pup
Since love looked up at me.





(Contributed by Peter Akers - November 2008)