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Ella Fitzgerald – No Sense

You wont come and you wont talk
You want this and you want all
Tell me whats the mistery
Trying to make you make love to me
Cuz’ theres no sense using common sense
Making love to you
What else can i do

*Lyrics Incomplete*


Ella Fitzgerald – My Favorite Song

And as long as your dads tune
That’s my favorite song
You breathe the magic job
Into the melody we belong

“Lyrics Incomplete*


Ella Fitzgerald – My Baby Likes To Be Bop And I Like To Be Bop Too

Go off the beaten track Jack
Boba da be bop boba da be boo
Those squares keep tryin’ to beat it back
I saw my old uncle Ned do a dance and a flip flop
He juimped like the hip cats do
I flipped my lid when he said
My baby likes to be bop
And I like to be bop too

*Lyrics Incomplete*


Ella Fitzgerald – M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I

What a wonderful thrill just to be
Down in Mississippi
M I crooked letter crooked letter I
Crooked letter crooked letter I
Come back come back oh Mississippi
Flowing down to New Orleans

M I double S I double S I PP I
M I double S I double S I PP I

*Lyrics are incomplete*


Ella Fitzgerald – I Want To Learn About Love

How could I go about making you my own,

*Lyrics incomplete*


Ella Fitzgerald – What Is There To Say?

Darling, pardon my confusion,
But are you an optical illusion?
And if not, then what on earth are you doing to me?
If my speech is willy nilly,
It’s because I cannot guild the lilly;
I should love to sing your praises,
But phrases and words are silly.

(Melody:)
What is there to say? And what is there to do?
The dream I’ve been seeking has, practic’ly speaking,
Come true.

What is there to say? And how will I pull through?
I knew in a moment contentment and home meant just you.

(Bridge:)
You are so lovable, so livable,
Your beauty is just unforgiveable;
You’re made to marvel at, and words to that effect.

What is there to say? And what is there to do?
My heart’s in a deadlock;
I’d even face wedlock with you.

(Coda:)
I knew in a moment contentment and home meant just you, so
What is there to say? And what is there to do?
My heart’s in a deadlock; I’d even face wedlock with you.


Ella Fitzgerald – You’re The Top

At words poetic I’m so pathetic
That I always have found it best
Instead of getting ‘em off my chest,
To let ‘em rest – unexpressed.
I hate parading my serenading,
As I’ll probably miss a bar,
But if this ditty is not so pretty,
At least it’ll tell you how great you are.

You’re the top! you’re the Collosseum,
You’re the top! you’re the Louvre Museum,
You’re the melody from a symphony by Strauss,
You’re a Bendel bonnet,
A Shakespeare Sonnet,
You’re Mickey Mouse!

You’re the Nile! You’re the Tow’r of Pisa,
You’re the smile, on the Mona Lisa!
I’m a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop!
But if baby I’m the bottom,
You’re the top!

You’re the top, you’re Mahatma Gandhi,
You’re the top! you’re Napoleon brandy,
You’re the purple light, of a summer night in Spain,
You’re the National Gallery, you’re Garbo’s salary,
You’re cellophane!

You’re sublime, you’re a turkey dinner,
You’re the time, of the Derby Winner,
I’m a toy balloon that’s fated soon to pop;
But if baby I’m by the bottom you’re the top!

You’re the top, you’re a Waldorf salad
You’re the top, you’re a Berlin ballad
You’re the nimble tread of the feet of Fred Astaire
You’re an O’Neal drama, you’re Whistler’s mama, you’re camembert

You’re a rose, you’re inferno’s Dante
You’re the nose, on the great Durante
I’m a lazy lout who’s just about to stop
But if baby I’m the bottom,
You’re the top!


Ella Fitzgerald – You Took Advantage Of Me

I’m a sentimental sap, that’s all
What’s the use of trying not to fall?
I have no will, you’ve made your kill
‘Cause you took advantage of me!

I’m just like an apple on a bough
And you’re gonna shake me down somehow
So, what’s the use,
you’ve cooked my goose
‘Cause you took advantage of me!

I’m so hot and bothered that I don’t
know my elbow from my ear
I suffer something awful each time you go
And much worse when you’re near

Here I am with all my bridges burned
Just a babe in arms where
you’re concerned
So lock the doors
and call me yours
‘Cause you took advantage of me.


Ella Fitzgerald – You Leave Me Breathless

You leave me breathless
You heavenly thing
You look so wonderful
You’re like a breath of spring
You leave me speechless
I’m just like the birds
I’m filled with melody
But at a loss for words
That little grin of yours
That funny chin of yours
There’s so much to my heart
Or give your lips to me
For darling that would be
The final touch to my heart
You leave me breathless
That’s all I can say
I can’t say more because
You take my breath away


Ella Fitzgerald – You Do Something To Me

I was mighty blue
Thought my life was through
‘Til the heavens opened
And I gazed at you

Won’t you tell me, dear
Why, when you appear,
Something happens to me
And the strangest feeling goes through me?

You do something to me
Something that simply mystifies me
Tell me, why should it be,
You have the power to hypnotize me?

Let me live ‘neath your spell
Do do that voodoo that you do so well
For you do something to me
That nobody else could do