I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT
From : My Fair Lady
Audrey Hepburn & Rex Harrison - 1964


            Eliza
            Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed!
            My head's too light to try to set it down!
            Sleep! Sleep! I couldn't sleep tonight.
            Not for all the jewels in the crown!
            I could have danced all night!
            I could have danced all night!
            And still have begged for more.
            I could have spread my wings
            And done a thousand things
            I've never done before.
            I'll never know
            What made it so exciting;
            Why all at once
            My heart took flight.
            I only know when he
            Began to dance with me
            I could have danced, danced, danced all night!

            Servant 1
            It's after three now.

            Servant 2
            Don't you agree now,
            She ought to be in bed.

            Eliza
            I could have danced all night!
            I could have danced all night!
            And still have begged for more.
            I could have spread my wings
            And done a thousand things
            I've never done before.
            I'll never know
            What made it so exciting.
            Why all at once my heart took flight.
            I only know when he
            Began to dance with me.
            I could have danced, danced danced all night!

            Mrs. Pearce
            I understand, dear.
            It's all been grand, dear.
            But now it's time to sleep.

            Eliza
            I could have danced all night,
            I could have danced all night.
            And still have begged for more.
            I could have spread my wings,
            And done a thousand things
            I've never done before.
            I'll never know
            What made it so exciting.
            Why all at once my heart took flight.
            I only know when he
            Began to dance with me
            I could have danced, danced, danced
            All night!


*****


J'AURAIS VOULU DANSER
(A. Lerner / F. Loewe / P. Delanoë / J. Plante,   1982)
Dalida (France)


J'aurais voulu danser
J'aurais voulu tourner
Jusqu'à la fin des jours
Toute étourdie de joie
Toute imprégnée de toi
Au rythme de l'amour
Toute la nuit, toute la vie peut-être
Juste le temps de se connaître

Si j'avais su
J'aurais compris comme un aveu
Tout ce que me disaient
Tes yeux

{Instrumental}

Mais depuis lors
Je danse encore en rêve
Avec ton nom au bord des lèvres
J'ai le regret de toi
Ton souvenir m'entoure
Car c'était toi, oui toi
L'amour.