From "Too Marvellous for Words" as sung by Nat King Cole. |
Here are the original lyrics: Too Marvellous For Words From the film "Ready, Willing And Able" (1937) (Richard Whiting / Johnny Mercer) I search for phrases To sing your praises But there aren't any magic adjectives To tell you all you are! You're just too marvellous Too marvellous for words Like glorious, glamorous And that old standby, amorous It's all too wonderful I'll never find the words That say enough, tell enough I mean, they just aren't swell enough You're much too much And just too very, very To ever be in Webster's Dictionary And so I'm borrowing A love song from the birds To tell you that you're marvellous Too marvellous for words …and here is my version, all about penning tributes and parodies… In My Own Words From the film “In your dreams, Outasync” (Outasync/Johnny Mercer) I want to be A songwriter But I can’t do the music side at all I’m only good with words I’m no musician I only work with words And that’s hard enough, I’m not bard enough To try my hand at harder stuff I take some well-known song And play ‘round with the words To suit my style, for a while And maybe make somebody smile Sometimes it’s tough To keep with rhyme and rhythm. But given time enough, I can usually go with ‘em And so I'm borrowing A song you may have heard I keep the tune, I simply like To put in my own words. |