LONG BEFORE I KNEW YOU
From the Broadway Show "Bells Are Ringing" (1956)
(Jule Styne / Betty Comden / Adolph Green)

Judy Holliday & Sydney Chaplin (Broadway Production - 1956
Faith Prince & Mark Kudisch (Broadway Revival) - 2001

Also recorded by: Laurie Beechman; Petula Clark; Vic Damone;
Phyllis Ford; John Gabriel; Steve Lawrence; Elisabeth Welch;
Elaine Page; Carmen McRae: .......... and others.


Long before I knew you
Long before I met you
I was sure I'd find you someday, somehow

I pictured someone who'd walk and talk
And smile as you do
And make me feel as you do right now

All that was long before I held you
Long before I kissed you
Long before I touched you and felt this glow

But now you really are here
And now at last I know
That long before I knew you I loved you so