YOU HAPPEN ONCE IN A LIFETIME
Manning Sherwin (m) Harold Purcell (l)  1943

as rec by Leslie Hutchinson (vocal & piano)  
Oct 8th 1943 London


When they miss the one they choose,
Some are not perplexed;
Love is like a train they lose,
They just catch the next!

As they wave old dreams goodbye,
New dreams always start;
That won't do for me,
I've a one-track heart!

You happen once in a lifetime,
You've never happened before.
You'r far too sweet
For the world to repeat every day,
So let me say once more;

This is no dream of the Springtime,
This is no fool's paradise!
You happen once in a lifetime
Because lovely things like you can't happen twice!

You happen once in a lifetime,
You've never happened before.
You'r far too sweet
For the world to repeat every day,
So let me say once more;

This is no dream of the Springtime,
This is no fool's paradise!
You happen once in a lifetime
Because lovely things like you can't happen twice!








(Contributed by Peter Akers - November 2009)