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How lucky can one guy be?
I kissed her and she kissed me
Like the fella once said,
"Ain't that a kick in the head?"
The room was completely black,
I hugged her and she hugged back
Like the sailor said, quote,
"Ain't that a hole in the boat?"
My head keeps spinnin',
I go to sleep and keep grinnin'
If this is just the beginnin',
my life is gonna be bee-yoo-tee-ful
I've sunshine enough to spread,
it's just like the fella said
Tell me quick, ain't love a kick in the head?
Like the fella once said,
"Ain't that a kick in the head?"
Like the sailor said, quote,
"Ain't that a hole in the boat?"
My head keeps spinnin',
I go to sleep and keep grinnin'
If this is just the beginnin',
my life is gonna be bee-yoo-tee-ful
She's tellin' me we'll be wed,
she's picked out a king-size bed
I couldn't feel any better or I'd be sick
Tell me quick oh, ain't love a kick?
Tell me quick ain't love a kick in the head?
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The Way You Look Tonight
03:21
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Some day, when I'm awfully low
When the world is cold
I will feel a glow just thinking of you
And the way you look tonight
Yes, you're lovely, with your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft
There is nothing for me but to love you
And the way you look tonight
With each word your tenderness grows
Tearin' my fear apart
And that laugh..wrinkles your nose
Touches my foolish heart
Lovely... Never, never change
Keep that breathless charm
Won't you please arrange it? 'cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose
It touches my foolish heart
Lovely... Don't you ever change
Keep that breathless charm
Won't you please arrange it? 'cause I love you
a-just the way you look tonight
Mm, Mm, Mm, Mm,
Just the way you look tonight
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What´s New
02:34
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What's new
How is the world treating you?
You haven't changed a bit
Handsome as ever, I must admit
What's new
How did that romance come through?
We haven't met since then
Gee, but it's nice to see you again
What's new
Probably I'm boring you
But seeing you is grand
And you were sweet to offer your hand
I understand, adieu
Pardon my asking, what's new
Of course you couldn't know
I haven't changed, I still love you so
What's new
How is the world treating you?
You haven't changed a bit
Handsome as ever, I must admit
But how can you know, I love you so
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For Once In My Life
02:45
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For once in my life I have someone who needs me
Someone I've needed so long
For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me
And somehow I know I'll be strong
For once I can touch what my heart used to dream of
Long before I knew
Someone warm like you
Would make my dreams come true
For once in my life I won't let sorrow hurt me
Not like it's hurt me before
For once, I have something I know won't desert me
I'm not alone anymore
For once, I can say, this is mine, you can't take it
As long as I know I have love, I can make it
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me
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P.S. I Love You
04:20
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What is there to write? What is there to say?
Same things happen everyday, not a thing to write, not a thing to say,
So I take my pen in hand and start the same old way.
Dear, I thought I'd drop a line, the weather's cool, the folks are fine,
I'm in bed each night at nine, P. S. I love you.
Yesterday we had some rain, but all in all, I can't complain,
Was it dusty on the train, P. S. I love you.
Write to the Browns just as soon as you're able,
They came around to call, and I burned a hole in the dining room table,
And let me see, I guess that's all.
Nothing else for me to say, and so I'll close but by the way,
Everybody's thinking of you, P. S. I love you.
I do my best to obey all your wishes, I put a sign up "Think"
But I gotta buy us a new set of dishes, or wash the ones that are piled in the sink.
Nothing else to tell you dear, except each day seems like a year,
Every night I'm dreaming of you,
P. S. I love you.
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A Song For You
04:37
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I've been so many places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs I've made some bad rhyme
I've acted out my love in stages
With ten thousand people watching
But we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you
I know your image of me is what I hope to be
I've treated you unkindly but darling can't you see
There's no one more important to me
Daring can't you please see through me
Cause we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you
You taught me precious secrets of the truth withholding nothing
You came out in front and I was hiding
But now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding
I love you in place where there's no space or time
I love you for in my life you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing this song for you
We were alone and I was singing this song for you
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Where Or When
03:09
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It seems we stood and talked like this (once) before
We looked at each other in the same way then
But I can't remember where or when
The clothes you're wearing are the clothes you wore
The smile you are smiling you were smiling then
But I can't remember where or when
Some things that happen for the first time
Seem to be happening again
And so it seems that we have met before
And laughed before and loved before
But who knows where or when
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If
03:19
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If a picture paints a thousands words
Then why can't I paint you?
The words would never show
The you I've come to know
If a ship is launched a thousands times
Then where am I to go?
There's no one here but you
You're all that's left me too
And when, when my love for life is running dry
You come and you pour, pour yourself on me
If a man could be two places at one time
I'd be with you
Tomorrow and today
Beside you all the way
If the world should stop revolving
Slowly spinning down to die
I'd spend the end with you
And when the world was through
Then one by one those stars would all go out
When you and I should simply fly away
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Me And Mrs. Jones
04:35
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Me and Mrs Jones, we got a thing going on
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong to let it go now
We meet ev'ry day at the same cafe
Six-thirty I know she'll be there
Holding hands, making all kinds of plans
While the jukebox plays our favorite song
Me and Mrs, Mrs Jones, Mrs Jones, Mrs Jones
We got a thing going on
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong to let it go now
We gotta be extra careful
That we don't build our hopes too high
Cause she's got her own obligations and so do I
Me, me and Mrs, Mrs Jones, Mrs Jones, Mrs Jones
Well, it's time for us to be leaving
And it hurts so much, it hurts so much inside
And now she'll go her way, I'll go mine
But tomorrow we'll meet at the same place, the same time
Me and Mrs Jones, Mrs Jones, Mrs Jones
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Feeling Good
03:58
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Birds flying high
You know how I feel
Sun in the sky
You know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by
You know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good
I'm feeling good
Fish in the sea
You know how I feel
River running free
You know how I feel
Blossom on a tree
You know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good
Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don't you know
Butterflies all havin' fun you know what I mean
Sleep in peace when day is done
That's what I mean
And this old world is a new world
And a bold world
For me
For me
Stars when you shine
You know how I feel
Scent of the pine
You know how I feel
Oh freedom is mine
And I know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good
I'm feeling good
I feel so good
I feel so good
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Drinking Again
03:19
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Drinkin' again
Thinking of when you loved me
Having a few
Wishing that you were here
Making the rounds
Buying a round for total strangers
Just being a fool
'Cause I keep hoping, hoping, hoping you'll appear
Sure I can borrow a smoke
I can sit here all night and tell these jokers some jokes
But who wants to laugh, who's gonna laugh at a broken heart
Oh, my heart is aching, I swear it's breaking
And I'm drinking again
Thinking of when you loved me
And I'm tryin' to get home
With nothin', nothin' but a memory
Yes, I'm dying to get home
Dying to get home
And I got nothin' but a bottle of beer
And just my memory
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Alles krieg' ich alleine hin
Ihr staunt wozu ich fähig bin
und weil mich keiner besser kennt
Alles krieg' ich alleine hin
Ihr staunt wozu ich fähig bin
und weil mich keiner besser kennt
bin ich selbst mein Assistent.
Halt meine eignen Pokerrund'n
Psychoanalysestund'n
trag' mir selbst Gedichte vor
sing mit mir im Doppelchor
besiege mich bei Schachpartien
hab' mir das meiste selbst verziehen
kann für mich eine Lanze brechen
mich im Zweifel auch bestechen
reich mir selbst den Staffel-Stab
und nehm' mir auch die Beichte ab
doch gibts nen Punkt an dem ich scheiter'
da kämen auch andere nicht weiter
Küssen, kann man nicht alleine
und ich sag Dir auch den Grund:
Küssen das geht auf keinen Fall alleine
Denn dazu brauch ich einen anderen Mund
Allein ist das unmöglich
ich weiß genau das geht nicht
Versuche enden kläglich
das ist nur vertane Zeit
ich müsste mal agieren
und endlich kapieren
da hilft kein meditieren
küssen kann man nur zu zweit
ich wär' dazu bereit
Ich habe mich sehr gut im Griff
bin mein Kapitän und mein Schiff
gerat' ich auch mal in die Miesen
führ' ich mich aus allen Kriesen
spionier' mich selber aus
stell mich ein und schmeiß mich raus
ich fahr mir hinten rein
hau mir danach aufs Nasenbein
Ich les mir aus der Hand
und klatsch mich an die Wand
ich lach mich aus und lüg' mich an
das ist es was ich sehr gut kann
Nur: Küssen, kann ich nicht alleine
und ich sag Dir auch den Grund:
Küssen geht auf keinen Fall alleine
denn dazu brauch ich einen anderen Mund
Du bist gerade hier
wie wärs wenn ich mir Dir
die Sache mal probier'
küssen kann man nur zu zweit
ich glaub das du Bescheid weißt
Die Lösung klappt zu zweit meist
wenn man sich auf die Couch schmeißt
ist der Weg zum Kuss nicht weit
ich wär' dazu bereit
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One For My Baby
04:26
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It's quarter to three, there's no one in the place
Except you and me
So set 'em' up Joe, I got a little story
I think you should know
We're drinking my friend, to the end
Of a brief episode
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road
I know the routine, put another nickel
In the machine
I feel kind of bad, can't you make the music
Easy and sad
I could tell you a lot, but it's not
In a gentleman's code
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road
You'd never know it, but buddy I'm a kind of poet
And I've got a lot of things I'd like to say
And if I'm gloomy, please listen to me
Till it's talked away
Well that's how it goes, and Joe I know your gettin'
Anxious to close
Thanks for the cheer
I hope you didn't mind
My bending your ear
But this torch that I found, It's gotta be drowned
Or it's gonna explode
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road
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The Best Is Yet To Come
02:59
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Out of the tree of life, I just picked me a plumb
You came along and everything started to hum
Still it's a real good bet, the best is yet to come
The best is yet to come
And babe, won't it be fine?
You think you've seen the sun
But you ain't seen it shine
Wait till the warm-ups underway
Wait till our lips have met
Wait till you see that sunshine place
You ain't seen nothing yet
The best is yet to come
And babe, won't it be fine?
The best is yet to come
Come the day you're mine
Come the day you're mine
I'm gonna teach you to fly
We've only tasted the wine
We're gonna drain the cup dry
Wait till your charms are right
For these arms to surround
You think you've flown before
But you ain't left the ground
Wait till you're locked in my embrace
Wait till I draw you near
Wait till you see that sunshine place
Ain't nothin' like it here
The best is yet to come
And babe, won't it be fine?
The best is yet to come
Come the day you're mine
Wait till your charms are right
For these arms to surround
You think you've flown before
But you ain't left the ground
Wait till you're locked in my embrace
Wait till I draw you near
Wait till you see that sunshine place
Ain't nothin' like it here
The best is yet to come
And babe, won't it be fine?
The best is yet to come
Come the day you're mine
The best is yet to come
Come the day you're mine
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Alexander Thoma Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
Die Faszination am Singen entdeckte er im Alter von 10 Jahren. Sein Onkel spielte Ihm damals Frank Sinatra vor. Thoma wollte
singen wie Franky Boy. 20 Jahre später traut sich Alexander Thoma ins Studio. Mit Vocal Coach, Band und Arrangeur Peter Reiter-Schaub nahm man sich Klassiker aus Swing und Jazz vor.
Auf "The Essential" findet man Songs, die seine geschmackliche Bandbreite hörbar machen.
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