Johnny Mercer Quotes

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You've got to
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive,
E-lim-my-nate the negative,
Latch on to the affirmative,
Don't mess with Mister In-between.

Johnny Mercer
Cigarette holder,
which wigs me,
over her shoulder
she digs me:
Out cattin'
that Satin Doll.

Johnny Mercer
We're drinking my friend,
To the end of a brief episode,
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road.

Johnny Mercer
So you met someone who set you back on your heels - goody, goody
You met someone and now you know how it feels - goody, goody

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

Johnny Mercer
There's a long goodbye,
and it happens every day,
when a passerby
invites your eye
to come away.
Even as you smile a quick hello
you let her go,
you let the moment fly...
Too late you turn your head,
you know you've said
the Long Goodbye.

Johnny Mercer
We're after the same
Rainbow's end,
Waitin' round the bend,
My huckleberry friend,
Moon River And me.

Johnny Mercer
You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
E-lim-i-nate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with mister inbetween.

Johnny Mercer
Skylark,
Have you seen a valley green with Spring
Where my heart can go a-journeying,
Over the shadows in the rain
To 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
When my life is through
And the angels ask me to recall
The thrill of them all
Then I shall tell them
I remember you

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

Johnny Mercer
I remember too, a distant bell...
and stars that fell...
like the rain
out of the blue.

Johnny Mercer
Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer.
Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer.
Lead us lest too far we wander.
Love's sweet voice is calling yonder.

Johnny Mercer
I know all the songs that the cowboys know
'bout the big corral where the doggies go,
'Cause I learned them all on the radio.
Yippie yi yo kayah

Johnny Mercer
Days may be cloudy or sunny,
We're in or we're out of the money,
But I'm with you always,
I'm with you rain or shine!

Johnny Mercer
The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at play
Through the meadow land toward a closing door
A door marked "nevermore" that wasn't there before

Johnny Mercer
Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice,
Warmer than a summer night.
The clouds were like an alabaster palace,
Rising to a snowy height.
Each star its own aurora borealis,
Suddenly you held me tight.
I could see the midnight sun.

Johnny Mercer