I Mean To Say 1929 'Strike Up The Band'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 Jan 2005

[Anne:] Haven't you a lot of things
to say to me?
[Tim:] Feel a little dumb,
words just will not come.
[Anne:] Son't you make December
seem like May to me?
[Tim:] How can I impart
all that's in my heart?
[Anne:] If you'd only
make your feelings clear to me.
[Tim:] Gosh, I'll do my darndest,
lend an ear to me:

[Tim:] I mean to say,
I mean to say...
[Anne:] You mean?
[Tim:] It's plainly seen, my dear,
that I, that you, that you, that I
[Anne:] That we?
[Tim:] Oh, I'm so green, my dear;
Why, oh why must I keep
stuttering like this?
Muttering like this?
[Anne:] Fluttering like this
[Tim:] I mean to say...
[Anne:] You mean you love me?
[Tim:] That's it,
that's what I mean, my dear.

I mean to say,
I mean to say...
[Anne:] You mean?
[Tim:] It's plainly seen, my dear,
that I, that you, that you, that I
[Anne:] That we?
[Tim:] Oh, I'm so green, my dear;
Why, oh why must I keep
stuttering like this?
Muttering like this?
[Anne:] Fluttering like this
[Tim:] I mean to say...
[Anne:] You mean you love me?
[Tim:] That's it,
that's what I mean, my dear.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I Mean To Say 1929 Gershwin
from "Strike Up The Band"
Music & Lyrics by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
© 1929 by WB Music Corp (renewed)
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 28 January 2005 at 15.54
in association with Doug Grierson
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