The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 1933

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 20 Aug 2007
2007

Nightly, lights are shining brightly,
Feet are tripping lightly
While the music plays.
Madness, in the guise of gladness,
Overcoming sadness
In a million ways;
Oh, Gay Paree, look what you've done to me.

I walk along the street of sorrow,
The Boulevard of Broken Dreams;
Where gigolo and gigolette
Can take a kiss without regret,
So they forget their broken dreams.
You laugh tonight and cry tomorrow,
When you behold your shattered schemes,
And gigolo and gigolette
Wake up to find their eyes are wet
With tears that tell of broken dreams.
Here is where you'll always find me,
Always walking up and down;
But I left my soul behind me
In an old cathedral town.
The joy that you find here you borrow,
You cannot keep it long it seems,
But gigolo and gigolette
Still sing a song and dance along
The Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

I walk along the street of sorrow,
The Boulevard of Broken Dreams;
Where gigolo and gigolette
Can take a kiss without regret,
So they forget their broken dreams.
You laugh tonight and cry tomorrow,
When you behold your shattered schemes,
And gigolo and gigolette
Wake up to find their eyes are wet
With tears that tell of broken dreams.
Here is where you'll always find me,
Always walking up and down;
But I left my soul behind me
In an old cathedral town.
The joy that you find here you borrow,
You cannot keep it long it seems,
But gigolo and gigolette
Still sing a song and dance along
The Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 1933
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Music by Harry Warren
© 1933 Warner Bros.Inc.
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Introduced in the 1934 film Moulin Rouge, and also
recorded successfully through disks by Jan Garber and
his orchestra and Tony Bennett in 1950. The 1953 film,
Toulouse Lautrec also featured this song.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 20 August 2007 at 3.02pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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