Posted: Apr 13, 2008, 12:38 PM CST
Years ago songs were written with lyrics which were so perfect they defied improvement. Here is a song called "Hey There" sung by Rosemary Clooney and written by Jerry Ross & Richard Adler
If your young and never heard the song you'll read the words like a poem, but if you're old enough to be familiar with it, you'll be singing it in your mind and you'll be hearing Rosemary Clooney's voice.
[words in brackets are SPOKEN]
Lately when I'm in my room all by myself
In the solitary gloom I call to myself
Hey there, you with the stars in your eyes
Love never made a fool of you, you used to be too wise
Hey there, you on that high-flyin' cloud
Though he won't throw a crumb to you, you think some day he'll come to you
Better forget him, him with his nose in the air
He has you dancin' on a string, break it and he won't care
Won't you take this advice I hand you like a mother
Or are you not seein' things too clear
Are you too much in love to hear
Is it all goin' in one ear and out the other
Hey there, you with the stars in your eyes [Are you talking to me?]
Love never made a fool of you [Not until now]
You used to be too wise [Yes, I was once]
Will you take this advice I hand you like a mother
Or are you not seein' things too clear
Are you just too far gone to hear
Is it all goin' in one ear and out the other