EH BEN
(A. Lesser / Jerry Ross / Richard Adler) (1956)

Dalida (France)



Eh ben!
Toi qui te croyais si forte
Toi qui semblais si sur de toi
Qu'es ce qu'il t'arrive là

Eh ben!
Voila que soudain tu t'emportes
Et tu te vois déjà dans ses bras
Lui qui n'a pas un regard pour toi
Allons oublie le
Lui et son rire dans les yeux
Lui qui s'amuse avec ton cœur
Lui et ses airs vainqueur

Tu n'y vois donc plus clair
Tu n'es donc plus sur terre
Je voudrais que tu te réveilles
Mais je vois bien que mes conseils
Dés qu'ils entrent par une oreille
S'en vont par l'autre

{Instrumental}

Tu n'y vois donc plus clair
Tu n'es donc plus sur terre
Je voudrais que tu te réveilles
Mais je vois bien que mes conseils
Dés qu'ils entrent par une oreille
S'en vont par l'autre.


*****


HEY THERE
From the Broadway Show "The Pajama Game" (1954)
(Richard Adler / Jerry Ross)

John Raitt (Broadway Production) - 1954
Rosemary Clooney - 1954
Sammy Davis Jr. - 1954
Johnnie Ray - 1954
Edmund Hockridge & Joy Nichols (London Production) - 1955
Lita Roza - 1955
Eddie Heywood (Instr.) - 1955
John Raitt & Doris Day (Film Soundtrack) - 1957
Fran Warren - 1957
Jimmie Rodgers - 1958
Gisele MacKenzie - 1958
Stan Kenton & His Orch. - 1958
Peggy Lee - 1960
Caterina Valente - 1961
The Three Sounds - 1961
Jullie London - 1962
Sarah Vaughan - 1963
Enoch Light & His Light Brigade Orch. - 1964
Nancy Wilson - 1966
Brook Benton - 1966
Gene Pitney - 1967
Anne Murray - 1993
Kathie Lee Gifford - 1993
Ron Raines & Judy Kaye (London Revival) - 1996
Thomas Hampson - 1996
Marlene Ver Planck - 1997
Carol Woods & Karen Saunders - 1998
Bette Midler - 2003
Harry Connick Jr. - 2006

Also recorded by: Sam Butera & The Witnesses; Joni James;
The Spitfire Band; Mindy Carson; Sam Cooke; Kai Winding;
Lawrence Welk; .......... and many others.



[words in brackets are SPOKEN]

Lately when I'm in my room all by myself
In the solitary gloom I call to myself

Hey there, you with the stars in your eyes
Love never made a fool of you, you used to be too wise
Hey there, you on that high-flyin' cloud
Though he won't throw a crumb to you, you think some day he'll come 
to you

Better forget him, him with his nose in the air
He has you dancin' on a string, break it and he won't care

Won't you take this advice I hand you like a mother
Or are you not seein' things too clear
Are you too much in love to hear
Is it all goin' in one ear and out the other

Hey there, you with the stars in your eyes [Are you talking to me?]
Love never made a fool of you [Not until now]
You used to be too wise [Yes, I was once]

Will you take this advice I hand you like a mother
Or am I not seein' things too clear
Are you just too far gone to hear
Is it all goin' in one ear and out the other