WHEN SHE WALKS IN THE ROOM
(Sigmund Romberg / Dorothy Fields)

Dick Haymes 1948


Transcribed from film Up In Central Park 1948
>From the Broadway Musical & Book Up In Central Park 1945
Director: William A. Seiter
Leads: Deanna Durbin/Dick Hames/Vincent Price
Was originally supposed to shoot in Technicolor but cancelled due lack of money.




The air seems fresh
The lights go bright
The walls are charged
With dynamite.
The artificial flowers bloom
When she walks in the room.

The statues smile
The curtains wave
The big stuffed elk
Becomes her slave
The antique clock begins to boom
When she walks in the room.

The family album opens
And relatives galore
Look up and smile like angels
They never smiled before.

And there she'll stand, so sweet and cool
While I stand waiting like a fool
To meet my sweet and lovely doom
When she walks in the room.

The goldfish grin
The love birds squeal
The old wax fruit
Tastes almost real.
They lose that old familiar gloom
When she walks in the room.

The antique desk begins to swell
That homely corn beef cabbage smell
Becomes a fabulous perfume
When she walks in the room.

The little horse haired sofa
Is overstuffed with pride
It knows we'll soon be sitting
Together side by side.

And there she'll be, so young and sweet
My heart starts kneeling at her feet
My world begins to soar and zoom
When she walks in the room.




(Transcribed by David Story - June 2013)