HE TOUCHED ME
From the Broadway Musical "Drat! The Cat!" (1965)
(Music: Milton Schafer / Lyrics: Ira Levin)

Elliott Gould & Lesley Ann Warren (Broadway Production) - 1965
Barbra Streisand - 1965
Robert Goulet - 1965
Sarah Vaughan - 1966
Esther Phillips - 1966
The Love Generation - 1967
Anita Bryant - 1971
Frits Lambrechts - 1971 (Dutch title "Zij Heeft 't")
Tovah Feldshuh - 1996
Rebecca Varon - 2002



He touched me
He put his hand near mine and then he touched me
I felt a sudden tingle when he touched me
a sparkle, a glow

Oh, he knew it
It wasn’t accidental, no, he knew it
He smiled and seemed to tell me so, all through it
He knew it, I know

He’s real and the world is alive and shining
I feel such a wonderful drive towards Valentining

Oh, he touched me.
I simply have to face the fact, he touched me.
Control myself and try to act as if I remember my name

But he touched me
He touched me and suddenly nothing is the same


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2018)