DOES OL' BROADWAY EVER SLEEP?
(Eddie Curtis)

as recorded by Connie Francis
1962


(paper paper, get your paper mister, read all about it, paper)

Does ol' Broadway ever sleep?
Does ol' Broadway ever sleep?
Now I have seen ol' Broadway blink its eyes,
But I've never seen it slumber deep!

I've heard ol' Broadway just laugh out loud,
And I've heard it softly weep,
Ah but no-one answers when I ask
"Does ol' Broadway ever sleep?".

They did the Charleston a long time ago
And ol' Broadway loved it so!
Then the Lindy came upon the scene
And Broadway hollered, "Hey go man, go!".

Now ol' Broadway just do the Twist,
>From the Peppermint Lounge to high society,
But when Broadway's dancin' merrily,
One thought, one thought keeps hauntin' me!

(from the top now Sam)

Does ol' Broadway ever sleep?
Does ol' Broadway ever sleep?
Now I have seen ol' Broadway blink its eyes,
But I've never seen it slumber deep!

I've heard ol' Broadway just laugh out loud, hah!
And I have heard it softly weep,
Ah but no-one answers when I ask
"Does ol' Broadway ever sleep?
Or does it lie awake just a-countin' sheep?
Or does ol' Broadway ever sleep?"
(goodnight folks, I'm goin' to bed!)



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2016)