JUST IN TIME
From the Broadway Show "Bells Are Ringing" (1956)
(Jule Styne / Betty Comden / Adolph Green)

Sydney Chaplin & Judy Holliday (Broadway Production) - 1956
Tony Bennett - 1956
Nat King Cole - 1957
Frank Sinatra - 1958
Peggy Lee - 1959
Buddy Greco - 1959
Chris Connor - 1959
Blossom Dearie - 1959
Dean Martin & Judy Holliday (Film Soundtrack) - 1960
Eddie Fisher - 1960
Kay Starr - 1960
Mel Tormé - 1960
Sarah Vaughan - 1960
Judy Garland - 1960
Dean Martin - 1960
Joni James - 1961
Ella Fitzgerald - 1961
Carmen McRae - 1962
Anita O'Day - 1962
Nina Simone - 1962
Carol Burnett - 1963
Kate Smith - 1964
Barbra Streisand - 1964
Rosemary Clooney - 1980
Eileen Farrell - 1994
Wesla Whitfield - 1997
Claire Moore - 1998
James Darren - 1999
Linda Tate - 2000
Mark Kudisch & Faith Prince (Broadway Revival) - 2001

Also recorded by: Lucie Arnaz; Barbara Adamson; Bobby Darin;
Frances Faye; Billy Daniels; Jeri Southern; Dorothy Squires;
Marvin Gaye; Jane Morgan; Sammy Davis Jr; Michele Hendricks;
Steve Lawrence; Jack Jones; Danny Williams; Estelle Reiner;
Carmen Cavallaro; Count Basie; Jackie Gleason; Edmundo Ros;
Joe Loss; Maty Paich; Ted Heath: ......... and many others.


I was resting comfortably, face down in the gutter
Life was serene, I knew where I was at
"There's no hope for him," my dearest friends would mutter
I was something dragged in by the cat. Then ...

Just in time, I found you just in time
Before you came my time was running low
I was lost, the losing dice were tossed
My bridges all were crossed, nowhere to go

Now you're here and now I know just where I'm going
No more doubt or fear, I found my way
For love came just in time, you found me just in time
And changed my lonely life that lovely day


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As performed in the 1960 film by DEAN MARTIN & JUDY HOLLIDAY:


DEAN MARTIN:
Just in time, I found you just in time
Before you came my time was running low
I was lost, the losing dice were tossed
My bridges all were crossed, nowhere to go

Now you're here and now I know just where I'm going
No more doubt or fear, I found my way
For love came just in time, you found me just in time
And changed my lonely life that lovely day

(Clapping)

STRANGER: Hey, you kids must be professionals.

DEAN: Ah, you been peeking, you little rascal.
Oh, shall we show 'em that little act we used to do in Chicago?
JUDY: Where?
DEAN: At the stockyards. Are you ready?
JUDY: Let's slaughter 'em.

DEAN: My partner, Melissande Scott
JUDY: A-nothing at all
DEAN: Watch the arm. It only bends one way
JUDY: Tea for two and
BOTH: Two for tea
JUDY: Two-Four. Where ya goin'?
DEAN: Over here on the other foot
JUDY: Wait for me

(Musical Interlude & Dance)

DEAN: Ooh, let's not give 'em ev'rything, okay!
JUDY: Alright
DEAN: Alright
JUDY: Alright
DEAN: Alright
JUDY: Okay
DEAN: Okay


DEAN: Just in time
JUDY: A-doo-dee-doo-dee-doo-doo-doo
DEAN: You found me just in time
JUDY: A-doo-dee-doo-dee-doo-doo-doo
DEAN: Before you came my time
JUDY: A-doo-doo
DEAN: Was runnin'
JUDY: This act could play the Palladium, or even the Yankee Stadium
DEAN: I was lost
JUDY: He was lost
DEAN: The losin' dice were tossed
JUDY: They were tossed
DEAN: My bridges all were crossed
JUDY: They were crossed
DEAN: Nowhere to go

(My Darling, now you're here)
(And now I know just where I'm going)
(Never a doubt or fear)
(Now I'm on my way)

DEAN: For love came just in time
JUDY: In time
DEAN: You found me
BOTH: Just in time
And changed my lonely life that lovely day

(Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo, just in time)
(Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo, just in time)
(Just in time)


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2006)


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