NOTHING LASTS FOREVER

(Peter Udell / Gary Geld (m & l) )


As sung by Margaret Whiting 1966 < The Wheel Of Hurt >


Now you're down and broken hearted

You have lost your lucky star

You are sure you have no future

You don't know how wrong you are.


Nothing lasts forever baby

Even pain and misery

All your tears will turn to laughter

Baby just you wait and see.


Nothing lasts forever...wait and see.


Now you've lost your only lover

Now your dreams are torn in two

You are sure you'll live in darkness

But the sun's gonna shine for you.


Nothing lasts forever baby

Even pain and misery

All your tears will turn to laughter

Baby just you wait and see.


Nothing lasts forever...wait and see.

 

Now you've got an inch to go

If you still be a mile

Now the bidder's calling you

Capture this to a smile

Now what seemed eternity

Was the sun in a while.

 

Nothing lasts forever baby

Even pain and misery

All your tears will turn to laughter

Baby just you wait and see.


Nothing lasts forever...wait and see.

 

Wait and see.

 

Wait and see.

  

Wait and see.

   

Nothing lasts forever baby

Even pain and misery

All your tears will turn to laughter

Baby just you wait and see.


Nothing lasts forever baby

Even pain and misery

All your tears will turn to laughter (fade)


NOTES:


Margaret Whiting, daughter of songwriter Richard Whiting, was a

1940s/50s/60s pop, jazz, C & W singer and TV personality. She was born

in Detroit USA. Her voice was wonderfully mellow, particularly in the

lower registers, and an attraction for many. She had a number of hit

recordings and continued to entertain until the 1990s. She was known by

her adoring fans as the voice of MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT, the work of

Blackburn/Suessdorf which her mentor, Johnny Mercer first suggested she

record. She first sang for Mercer when she was seven years old and he

eventually signed her as one of his first recording artists in the early

1940s. This song ultimately became a huge hit and over the years, a

picturesque all time standard. 


The composition was also released as the 'A' side of a 7 inch

single in 1966. The 'B' side was  THE WHEEL OF HURT


(Transcribed by David Story May 2014)