SOMETHING WONDERFUL
(Richard Rogers / Oscar Hammerstein II)
Adele Leigh

Also recorded by:

Gene Ammons, John Arpin, Shirley Bassey, Polly Bergen, 
Sally Burgess, Betty Carter, Hye-Young Choi, Anita Darian, 
Doris Day, Muriel Dickinson, Anne Kerry Ford, Lesley Gore,
Wilbur Harden, Marilyn Horne, Dick Johnson, Taewon Kim, 
Alix Corey, Peggy Lee, London Promenade Orchestra, 
Gloria Lynne, Jennifer Manasseri, Carmen McRae, 
Liza Minnelli, Patrice Munsel, Patricia Neway, 
Emile Pandolfi, Trudy Pitts, Jane Powell, Faith Prince, 
Rogers & Hammerstein, Dorothy Sarnoff, Terry Saunders,
Dinah Shore, Carly Simon, Nina Simone, Starlite Singers,
Pam Tate, Bryn Terfel, Dionne Warwick, Margaret Whiting,
Ronny White, Gerald Wiggins, Roy Williams, 
Lynne Wintersteller.


This is a man who thinks with his heart
His heart is not always wise
This is a man who stumbles and falls
But this is a man who tries
This is a man you’ll forgive and forgive
And help and protect as long as you live

He will not always say
What you would have him say
But now and then he’ll say
Something wonderful

The thoughtless things he’ll do
Will hurt and worry you
Then all at once he’ll do
Something wonderful

He has a thousand dreams 
That won’t come true
You know that he believes in them  
And that’s enough for you

You’ll always go along
Defend him when he’s wrong
And tell him when he’s strong
He is wonderful
He’ll always need your love
And so he’ll get your love
A man who needs your love
Can be wonderful

He has a thousand dreams 
That won’t come true
You know that he believes in them  
And that’s enough for you

You’ll always go along
Defend him when he’s wrong
And tell him when he’s strong
He is wonderful
He’ll always need your love
And so he’ll get your love
A man who needs your love
Can be wonderful





(Contributed by Bill Huntley - March 2007)