THE END OF A LOVE AFFAIR
(Edward Redding)

Julie London - 1963

Also recorded by: Cannonball Adderley; Jamey Aebersold;
Eric Alexander; John Banister; Bruce Barth; Walter Bell;
Marie Bergman; Dick Blake; Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers;
Anthony Braxton; Joyce Breach; Carolyn Breuer; Bobby Broom;
Chuck Brown; Reuben Brown; Ann Burton; Laverne Butler;
Tony Campise; Rondi Charleston; Jodie Christian; 
Sharon Clark; Nat King Cole; Chris Connor; Keith Copeland;
Michael Coppola; Vic Damone; Jesse Davis; Joey DeFrancesco;
Mike DiRubbo; Marge Dodson; Kenny Dorham; Jimmy Dorsey;
Mark Elf; Ron Eschete; Eileen Farrell; Dale Fielder;
Karen Francis; Von Freeman; Laura Fygi; Hal Galper;
Hal Gaylor; Maurice Giammarco; Brad Goode Quartet;
Dexter Gordon; Rigmor Gustafsson; Roy Hargrove; 
Johnny Hartman; Billie Holiday; Ahmad Jamal; Joni James;
Bobby Jaspar; Herb Jeffries; Kathy Jenkins; Doug Jernigan;
Dick Johnson; J.J. Johnson; Randy Johnston; Salena Jones;
Stan Kenton; Chaka Khan; Ryan Kisor; 
Charlie Kohlhase Quintet; Harold Land; Don Lanphere;
Andy LaVerne; Lou Levy; Jason Lindner; ..... and others.


So I walk a little too fast, and I drive a little too fast,
And I'm reckless it's true, but what else can you do
At the end of a love affair?

So I talk a little too much, and I laugh a little too much,
And my voice is too loud when I'm out in a crowd,
So that people are apt to stare.

Bridge:

Do they know, do they care, that it's only 
That I'm lonely, and low as can be?
And the smile on my face isn't really a smile at all.

So I smoke a little too much, and I joke a little too much,
And the tunes I request are not always the best,
But the ones where the trumpets blare.

So I go at a maddening pace, and I pretend that it's taking his place,
But what else can you do at the end of a love affair?