THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Mack Gordon  1940
From the film "Johnny Apollo" (1940)

Frank Sinatra w Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra   
recorded March 12th 1940 
New York

also recorded by-
Dorothy Lamour (Film Soundtrack) - 1940
Don Cornell '52


This is the beginning of the end,
I can see it in your eyes,
In everything you do,
For you're afraid to tell me that we're through,
But I can tell by looking at you!

This is the beginning of the end,
You just give yourself away
With everything you say!
And though you never told me we must part,
Still I can read the writing in your heart.

Why is it now, when I hold your hand,
There's some little something that I miss?
What has become of the warmth in your smile,
And where is that little mischief in your goodnight kiss?

This is the beginning of the end,
I can see the thrill is gone,
Why let it linger on?
Why lie to me and say it isn't so,
For when I hold you in my arms I know
That this is the beginning of the end!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - February 2009)