Nhạc sĩ: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
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Why did I wanderHere and there and yonderWasting precious timeFor no reason or rhymeIsn't it a pityIsn't it a crimeMy journey's endedEverything is splendidSeeing you todayHas given me a wonderful ideaHere I'll stayIt's a funny thingI look at youI get a thrillI get a thrillI never knewIsn't it a pityWe never, never metBeforeHere we are at lastIt's like a dreamThe two of usA perfect teamAnd it's such a pityWe never metBeforeImagine all the lonely yearsWe wastedFishing for salmonLosing at backgammonWhat a pityOur joy is untastedMy nights were sourSpent with SchopenhauerHappiest of menI'm sure to beIf only youWill say to meIsn't it a pityWe never, never metNever, never metBeforeImagine all the lonely yearsWe've wastedI with the neighborsYou at silly laborsWhat joy is untastedI reading HeineYou somewhere in ChinaI with the neighborsLet's forget the past, let's both agree that I'm for you and you're for me.And it's such a pity we never, never met before.And it's such a pity we never, never met before.Thank you very much.Thank you.That's Billy Stritch.A little love songs, you know.That was great.I like love songs.And you know, I can't tell you how many times I've called Billy and, you know, said, what are you doing?He said, oh, reading Heine.Yeah.And you were calling from China, which was really weird, too.Or China, you know.Okay, about three years ago, we were approached by...By our, you know, by many important people in the business.Oh, yes.Oh, yes.Very.They were clamoring for us to do a tribute to Frank...Billy, nobody was clamoring.Well, come on.Somebody asked.Somebody mentioned it.Somebody, actually, but somebody did ask us to put together a tribute to Frank Sinatra,who at that, in 2015, it was his 100th, it was his centenary year.But we thought it might be nice to pull out some of these, a medley that we put togetherof some of his great saloons.Songs.Would you like to hear that?Because you are.Because you're about to hear it.