Leaves That Are Green 1965 Paul Simon ( for 1966 album Sounds of Silence) The B-side to the hit song “Homeward Bound” I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song I’m twenty-two now, but I won’t be for long Time hurries on And the leaves that...
Learnin’ the Blues 1955 by Dolores Vicki Silvers (first recorded by Joe Valino) The tables are empty The dance floor’s deserted You play the same love song It’s the tenth time you’ve heard it That’s the beginning Just one of the clues...
Lush Life Billy Strayhorn c. 1933 First performed in 1948 (ranked #36 on jazzstandards.com) I used to visit all the very gay places, Those come-what-may places, Where one relaxes on the axis, Of the wheel of life, To get the feel of life, From jazz and cocktails....
Love For Sale 1930 Cole Porter from the musical The New Yorkers When the only sound on the empty street Is the heavy tread of the heavy feet That belong to a lonesome cop I open shop The moon so long has been gazing down On the warward ways of this wayward town My...
Little Tin Box 1959 Music by Jerry Bock Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick (“Little Tin Box” is the title of a song in the 1959 musical, “Fiorello,” which told the story of one of New York City’s most famous mayors. Fiorello LaGuardia, a progressive politician who was a strong...