Johnny Mercer Quotes

• Fools rush in, where wise men never go,
  But wise men never fall in love, so how are they to know?

  Johnny Mercer

  Love, Wise, Fall

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• It takes more talent to write music, but it takes more courage to write lyrics.

  Johnny Mercer

  Writing, Talent

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• You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positiveE-lim-i-nate the negativeAnd latch on to the affirmative.Don't mess with mister inbetween.

  Johnny Mercer

  Latches, Cents, Mess

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• That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.

  Johnny Mercer

  Eye, Black, Magic

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• You must write for the waste basket.

  Johnny Mercer

  Writing, Waste, Baskets

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• Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew. Everything was ours; how happy we were then, but then once upon a time never comes again.

  Johnny Mercer

  Once Upon A Time, World

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• Skylark,Have you seen a valley green with SpringWhere my heart can go a-journeying,Over the shadows in the rainTo a blossom covered lane?And in your lonely flight,Haven't you heard the music in the night,Wonderful music,Faint as a will-o-the-wisp,Crazy as a loon,Sad as a gypsy serenading the moon.

  Johnny Mercer

  Lonely, Crazy, Heart

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• The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of red and gold.... I see your lips, the summer kisses The sunburned hands, I used to hold Since you went away, the days grow long And soon I'll hear ol' winter's song. But I miss you most of all my darling, When autumn leaves start to fall.

  Johnny Mercer

  Summer, Song, Fall

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• Things never are as bad as they seem.

  Johnny Mercer

  Consolation, Seems

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• Too marvelous for words.

  Johnny Mercer

  Marvelous

  Song: Too Marvelous For Words

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• Day in, day out. That same old voodoo follows me about.

  Johnny Mercer

  Music, Jazz, Follow Me

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• When my life is throughAnd the angels ask me to recallThe thrill of them allThen I shall tell themI remember you

  Johnny Mercer

  Angel, Remember You, Remembers You

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• The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at playThrough the meadow land toward a closing doorA door marked "nevermore" that wasn't there before

  Johnny Mercer

  Running, Children, Wine

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• There's a long goodbye,and it happens every day,when a passerbyinvites your eyeto come away.Even as you smile a quick helloyou let her go,you let the moment fly...Too late you turn your head,you know you've saidthe Long Goodbye.

  Johnny Mercer

  Goodbye, Long, Too Late

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• Don't mess with Mister Inbetween.

  Johnny Mercer

  Latches, Mess

  "Accentuate the Positive" (song) (1944)

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• She's nobody's fool so I'm playing it cool as can be. I'll give it a whirl but I ain't for no girl catching me.

  Johnny Mercer

  Music, Girl, Giving

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• Hooray for Hollywood.

  Johnny Mercer

  Hollywood

  1937 Title of song which first appeared in the film Hollywood Hotel, performed by Johnny Davis and Frances Langford.

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• From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe, wherever the four winds blowI been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk, but there is one thing I knowA woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night.

  Johnny Mercer

  Night, Wind, Two

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• Skylark Have you anything to say to me? Won't you tell me where my love can be?

  Johnny Mercer

  Music, Skylarks

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• You must have been a beautiful baby, 'Cos baby just look at you now.

  Johnny Mercer

  Music, Beautiful, Baby

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• Arthur Murray taught me dancing in a hurry.

  Johnny Mercer

  Dancing, Dancer, Taught

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• I remember too, a distant bell...and stars that fell...like the rainout of the blue.

  Johnny Mercer

  Stars, Blue, Bells

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• So you met someone who set you back on your heels - goody, goodyYou met someone and now you know how it feels - goody, goody

  Johnny Mercer

  Mets, Feels, Know How

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• When the sweet talkin's done, a man is a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing the blues in the night.

  Johnny Mercer

  Sweet, Night, Men

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• I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow.

  Johnny Mercer

  Cowboy, Saws, Cows

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