IT'S A BEAUTIFUL EVENING
(Ray Rash / Dotty Wayne)

Nat King Cole

Also recorded by : Pepper Adams; Donald Byrd;
Dorothy Dandridge; Herbie Hancock; Jeremy Pelt.


(SPOKEN) 
And so it begins but you can't have them all. 
Your heart has to settle down somewhere and sure enough one night it happens. 
The crickets, the mockingbirds, the perfume in the air, it's all there. 
You get the feeling mother nature is working overtime and you say to yourself this is it.  

(SUNG) 
It's a beautiful evening, what a beautiful evening, 
It's a beautiful evening for falling in love. 
The moon winked his eye, 
The stars agree that this is the night for you and me.
And as soft as a willow every cloud is our pillow 
And all heaven and earth know what we're thinking of 
And darling they're so right so kiss and hold me tight, 
It's a beautiful evening for falling in love. 
And darling they're so right so kiss and hold me tight, 
It's a beautiful evening for falling in love.


(Contributed by lcooper - February 2005)