IT'S A GREAT FEELING (Soundtrack)
Songs from the film "It's A Great Feeling" (1949)
Music by Jule Styne / Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Starring Doris Day, Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson
IT'S A GREAT FEELING (Opening Credits)
Performed by Doris Day
It's a great feelin'
To suddenly find
The clouds are silver lined
When the sun breaks through
It's a great feelin'
To walk down the street
And see the folks you meet
Smilin' back at you.
As long as I've got someone to embrace
As far as I'm concerned the world is such a lovely place
It's a great feelin'
Your credit is nil
You'll never make a mill'
But nonetheless I state
If you're in love
You're feelin' great!
(If you're in love
You're feelin' great!)
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GIVE ME A SONG WITH A BEAUTIFUL MELODY
Performed by Dennis Morgan
I'm no music critic
Still I know the songs I like
And this bee-bop has got to stop
It's time to call a strike
I can't get along without it
So, if there's anything that you can do about it
Give me a song with a beautiful melody,
Play it with strings till it sings in my memory.
The simplest kind of a strain
Is bound to remain in your heart;
If it takes you way back to the past,
It's the kind of a song that will last!
And if the words to the tune
Seem to say what you're thinking of,
Just sing the words to the girl
And she'll fall in love!
And when you're holding her tight,
You'll find I'm as right as can be!
She'll be glad that she fell
To a beautiful melody!
And when you're holding her tight,
You'll find I'm as right as can be!
She'll be glad that she fell,
'Cause she's under the spell of a beautiful melody!
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BLAME MY ABSENT-MINDED HEART
Performed by Dennis Morgan and Doris Day
DENNIS MORGAN:
If all my dreams are not about you
Blame my absent-minded heart
It's really quite regretful
That my heart is so forgetful
When you're away
It always seems to fall apart
If I don't show I'm lost without you
Blame my absent-minded heart
Did we meet in December
There's so much it must remember
And if I haven't said I've loved you from the start
Blame my absent-minded heart
DORIS DAY:
If I don't show I'm lost without you
Blame my absent-minded heart
Did we meet in December
There's so much it must remember
And if I haven't said I've loved you from the start
BOTH: Blame my absent-minded heart
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THAT WAS A BIG FAT LIE
Performed by Doris Day
I kind've believed you when you said your nights were lonely
'Til the day that I came by
But when you whispered that I was your one and only
That was a big fat lie
I should've been wiser than I was and seen right through you
But the moon got in my eye.
That stuff about "I never lived until I knew you"
That was a big fat lie
You must have started to fib when you were wearing a bib
And such a habit's hard to break
A little lie is okay, but when you lie night and day
That's more than even I can take
You told me we ought to marry and I let you sway me
Kissed my happy days goodbye
And when you told that man you' d honour and obey me
That, baby, was a big fat lie
Let's face it, you're no George Washington!
An over exaggeration of a super prevarication, just a big fat lie!
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THAT WAS A BIG FAT LIE
Performed by Jack Carson (imitating Maurice Chevalier)
I kind've believed you when you said your nights were lonely
Til the day that I came by
But when you whispered that I was your one and only
Uh-hoh, cherie, that was a big fat lie, and you know that
You must have started to fib when you were wearing what you call a bib
And such a habit, uuh, that's hard to break
A little lie, that's okay, but when you lie night and day
That's more than even I, me, I can't take that
You told me we ought to marry and I let you sway me
Kissed my happy days goodbye
And when you told that man you' d honour and obey me
Uuh, that, ma petite, was a big fat lie
That, baby, was a big fat lie!
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THAT WAS A BIG FAT LIE
Performed by Jack Carson and Doris Day
JACK:
I kind've believed you when you said your nights were lonely
'Til the day that I came by
But when you whispered that I was your one and only
That was a big fat lie
I should've been wiser than I was and seen right through you
But the moon got in my eye.
That stuff about "I never lived until I knew you"
Uh-hoh, cherie, that was a big fat lie, and you know that
DORIS:
You must have started to fib when you were wearing a bib
And such a habit's hard to break
A little lie is okay, but when you lie night and day
That's more than even I can take
You told me we ought to marry and I let you sway me
Kissed my happy days goodbye
And when you told that man you' d honour and obey me
That, baby, was a big fat lie
Let's face it, you're no George Washington!
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FIDDLE-DEE-DEE
Performed by an Unknown Quartet
Fiddle-dee-dee, fiddle-dee-di
All I can see are rainbows in the sky
Oh, fiddle-dee-di
Fiddle-dee-dee, fiddle-dee-di
Life is an all year round Christmas tree
Oh, fiddle-dee-di
I should worry, I should care
I should envy a millionaire
Chances are that he
Walks around and envies me
Fiddle-dee-dee, fiddle-dee-di
Joy is a thing you never qualify
Don't ask yourself why, be happy
Singin' fiddle-dee-dee
Swingin' fiddle-dee-dee
Singin' fiddle-dee dee, fiddle-dee-di
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AT THE CAFÉ RENDEZVOUS
Performed by Doris Day (in a fake French accent)
At ze Café Rendezvous, I was lonely, so were you
Your eyes said dance, I wanted to
When we danced I 'eard you mispronounce "J'ai vous adore"
And after our first kiss you mispronounced "Encore"
It was morning in Paree when you said goodbye to me
I was not sad because I knew
We would surely meet again, I know where, when
Tonight I'll be waiting zere for you at ze Café Rendezvous
SPOKEN:
Oh, mon cherie, je pense a toi, toujours, toujours l'amour
L'amour toujours, toujours l'amour, toujours, toujours l'amour
Je vous em beaucoup tu eté avec moi á Paree, ooh-la-la
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THERE'S NOTHING ROUGHER THAN LOVE
Performed by Doris Day (with Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson)
DORIS:
There's nothin' rougher than love
Though poets may okay it
There's nothin' tougher than love
I've got a lot of cards that say it
Love at its best is strictly a thrill, manufactured
Don't wait until your eyes start to glow
You'll wind up fractured
There's nothin' rougher than love
No matter how you slice it
There's nothin' tougher than love
But if you're gonna power size it
You'll find like me
It's worth all the tears
The doubts and the fears
The stormy weather, hearts and flowers
All those torch songs after hours
Love is mighty rough once you fall
But there (is absolutely) nothin' like it
But there (is positively) nothin' like it
But there (is evidently) nothin' like it at all
(Dance Routine)
Love is mighty rough once you fall
But there (is absolutely) nothin' like it
But there (is positively) nothin' like it
But there (is evidently) nothin' rougher than love
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BLAME MY ABSENT-MINDED HEART
Performed by Doris Day
Lah-lah-dah-dee
Umm-dee-dah-dee
If all my dreams are not about you
Blame my absent-minded heart
It's really quite regretful
That my heart is so forgetful
When you're away
It always seems to fall apart
If I don't show I'm lost without you
Blame my absent-minded heart
Did we meet in December
There's so much it must remember
And if I haven't said I've loved you from the start
Blame my absent-minded heart
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IT'S A GREAT FEELING (End Credits)
Performed by Doris Day
(It's a great feelin')
Your credit is nil
You'll never make a mill'
But nonetheless, I state
If you're in love
You're feelin' great!
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(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2014)
