I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT
Harry James, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges & Don George


Kitty Kallen with Harry James and his Orchestra (1945); 
Bobby Darrin, Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé 


I never cared much for moonlit skies
I never wink back at fireflies
But now that the stars are in your eyes
I'm beginning to see the light


I never went in for afterglow
Or candlelight on the mistletoe
But now when you turn the lamp down low
I'm beginning to see the light


Used to ramble through the park
Shadowboxing in the dark
Then you came and caused a spark
That's a four-alarm fire now


I never made love by lantern-shine
I never saw rainbows in my wine
But now that your lips are burning mine
I'm beginning to see the light



(Contributed by Paul Austin Orleman - July 2008)

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as rec by Vera Lynn  1962


I never cared much for moonlit skies,
I never love was such a prize,
But now that the stars are in your eyes,
I'm beginning to see the light

I never went in for moonlight glow
Or stealing a kiss by mistletoe,
But now when you turn the lamp down low,
I'm beginning to see the light

Used to ramble through the park,
All alone there in the dark,
Then you came and caused a spark
That my heart is on fire now.

I never made love by lantern shine,
I never saw rainbows half as fine,
But now that your lips are burning mine,
I'm beginning to see the light.

Used to ramble through the park,
All alone there in the dark,
Then you came and caused a spark
That my heart is on fire now.

I never made love by lantern shine,
I never saw rainbows half as fine,
But now that your lips are burning mine,
I'm beginning to see the light,
Beginning to see the light,
Beginning to see the light.



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2011)