SIGNING OFF
Leonard Feather & Jessyca Russell   1944



Sarah Vaughan w Dizzy Gillespie    
Aaron Sachs & Georgie Auld   rec Dec 31st 1944


also-
Ella Fitzgerald '61
Helen Merrill
The Night Bloomimg Jazzmen
Johnny Otis & Barbara Morrison
Andre Previn
George Shearing


Signing off,
Does it surprise you?
I won't need your lips any more!
Signing off,
Can't idolise you,
My heart crossed your name off the door.


Signing off,
Nowc that I've told you
That this is where I came in.
Signing off,
Why should I hold you?
You've already said I can't win!


It's strange how the rest of the world knows
The things you should see at a glance,
And I want what all of the world knows,
A person to person romance.


Signing off,
I can't pretend dear,
My trip to the stars took a spill.
We're all through,
This is the end dear,
Because you only wanted a thrill,
I'm signing off.


Signing off,
I can't pretend dear,
My trip to the stars took a spill.
We're all through,
This is the end dear,
You acted so wrong,
You fooled me too long,
I'm goin' back home
Right where I belong.
Because you only wanted a thrill,
I'm signing off.










(Contributed by Peter Akers - November 2008)