Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - 1933

James Pitt-Payne, London and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia - 13 Mar 2002

They asked me how I knew
my true love was true
I of course replied,
"Something here inside cannot be denied."
They said someday you'll find
All who love are blind?
When your heart's on fire,
you must realize
smoke gets in your eyes
So I chaffed them and I gaily laughed
to think they could doubt my love
Yet today my love has flown away,
I am without my love
Now laughing friends deride
tears I cannot hide
So I smile and say,
"When a lovely flame dies,
smoke gets in your eyes."

Soft karaoke
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Smoke gets In Your Eyes 1933
arr. 'Roberta'
Lyric by Otto Harbach
Music by Jerome Kern
copyright 1933
sequence by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
on Wednesday 13 March 2002 at 13.50
in association with Doug Grierson
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