Johnny Mercer Quotes

Don't mess with Mister Inbetween.

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.

Things never are as bad as they seem.

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

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.

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

Arthur Murray taught me dancing in a hurry.

You must write for the waste basket.

Come rain or come shine.

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.

I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow.

Too marvelous for words.

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.

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.

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

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