LOST IN LOVELINESS
From the Broadway musical "The Girl in Pink Tights" (1954)
(Leo Robin / Sigmund Romberg)

Recorded by :
David Atkinson; Doris Day; Billy Eckstine; 
Duke Ellington; Eddie Fisher; 
Lincoln Center Jazz Orch.; Johnny Mathis; Jimmy Smith.


What a thrill you are,
What a sight to see,
Something the eyes of mortals have no right to see.
Am I on the earth or in the sky?
Lost in loveliness am I.
When I look at you,
I forget myself,
I could go mad about you if I let myself.
Should I let myself, or pass you by?
Lost in loveliness am I.
I know I'm reaching for a star,
What's more, I know how dangerous you are.
If I were wise
I'd close my eyes
Or walk away and worship from afar.
In the lonely night,
You would haunt my heart,
And I would pray that someday you might want my heart.
And I'd have to live my whole life through
Lost in loveliness, the loveliness of you.


(Contributed by lcooper - March 2005)