While The Music Plays On 1939

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 April 2012
2012

They say my voice is so appealing,
that no one sings the blues
the way I do,
But little do they know
their praise just goes to show
Ev'ry word I sing rings true.

Each night in some café
I'm on display until
the dark turns into dawn;
Up upon the stand
singing with the band
while the music plays on.
Each night is just
a long and endless song
until the last couple has gone.
Vainly I must start
singing out my heart
while the music plays on.
Oh, what madness to discover
Music still possesses all its charms
As I serenade my lover
dancing by in someone elses arms
But I am not allowed to show
the crowd what happens
when romance has gone;
I must hide my fears
singing thro' the tears
while the music plays on.

Each night in some café
I'm on display until
the dark turns into dawn;
Up upon the stand
singing with the band
while the music plays on.
Each night is just
a long and endless song
until the last couple has gone.
Vainly I must start
singing out my heart
while the music plays on.
Oh, what madness to discover
Music still possesses all its charms
As I serenade my lover
dancing by in someone elses arms
But I am not allowed to show
the crowd what happens
when romance has gone;
I must hide my fears
singing thro' the tears
while the music plays on.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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While The Music Plays On 1939
Music by Emery H. Heim
Lyrics by Lupin Fien & Irving Mills
© MCMXXXIX by Mills Music Inc., New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 15 April 2012 at 15.53
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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