I LIKE MYSELF

from 1955 film "It's Always Fair Weather" 
sung by Gene Kelly
(Andre Previn (m) Betty Comden (l) Adolph Green (l) 1955)

as recorded by Blossom Dearie (vocal & piano)
with Kenny Burrell (guitar) Ray Brown (bass)
& Ed Thigpen (drums)
April 1959


Why am I feeling so good?
Why am I feeling so strong?
Why am I feeling when things could look black
That nothing could possibly go wrong?
This has been a most unusual day,
Love has made me see things in a different way!

Can it be I like myself?
He likes me, so I like myself!
If someone wonderful as he is can think I'm wonderful,
Then quite a gal am I!

Feeling so unlike myself,
Always used to dislike myself!
But now my love has got me riding high,
He likes me, so so do I!

Feeling so unlike myself,
Always used to dislike myself!
But now my love has got me riding high,
He likes me, so so do I!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2016)