Help! Lyrics for My Fair Lady
yhw&wsw
Can anyone e-mail me the lyrics for "On/In the street where you live",
theme of My Fair Lady?
Thank you!
Maria
Ronald E. Hontz
On the Street Where You Live
Artist: Andy Williams (peak Billboard position # 28 in 1964)
Words and Music by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
from the Broadway musical "My Fair Lady"
Previously charted in 1956 by Vic Damone (#4), Eddie Fisher (#18), and
Lawrence
Welk (#96)
I have often walked down this street before
But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before
All at once am I several stories high
Knowing I'm on the street where you live
Are there lilac trees in the heart of town?
Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?
Does enchantment pour out of every door?
No, it's just on the street where you live
And oh, the towering feeling just to know somehow you are near
The overpowering feeling that any second you may suddenly appear
People stop and stare, they don't bother me
For there's nowhere else on earth that I would rather be
Let the time go by, I won't care if I
Can be here on the street where you live
Barb and Robert Witsaman
yhw&wsw wrote:
>
> Can anyone e-mail me the lyrics for "On/In the street where you live",
> theme of My Fair Lady?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Maria
ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE (MY FAIR LADY)
I have often walked down this street before.
But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before.
All at once am I several stories high.
Knowing I'm on the street where you live.
Are there lilac trees in the heart of town.
Can you hear a lark in any other part of town.
Does enchantment pour out of every door.
No, it's just on the street where you live.
And oh, the towering feeling
Just to know that somehow you are near.
That overpowering feeling.
That any second you may suddenly appear.
People stop and stare. They don't bother me.
For there's nowhere else on earth that I would rather be.
Let the time go by. I don't care if I
can be here on the street where you live.
Barb
Ohio
Ray Crenshaw
>The overpowering feeling that any second you may suddenly appear.
>For there's nowhere else on earth that I would rather be.
I am not saying that the above are not the correct words; BUT, let me say
this:
"I have often heard this great song before,
and it's these few words Rex Harrison was heard to roar..."
1) "... any *moment* you may suddenly appear"
2) "For there's no *place* else on earth that I would rather be
Minor differences, but possibly worth noting. I've played in the pit
orchestra for "MFL" several times and it was always sang as I have noted
above. Not saying "I'm right &..."
Also... don't I get a grammy for best new song or sumthin' ?
Ray Crenshaw in SC (USA)
HeelsFans
Ray Crenshaw disputed the lyrics to On the Street Where You Live posted by Ron
Hontz, and although as I read Ray's words I thought they might be right, when I
checked my own lyric collection, Ron (as usual) was right.
Ray's post read:
>"The overpowering feeling that any second you may suddenly appear."
>"For there's nowhere else on earth that I would rather be."
>I am not saying that the above are not the correct words; BUT, let me say
this:
"I have often heard this great song before,
and it's these few words Rex Harrison was heard to roar..."
1) "... any *moment* you may suddenly appear"
2) "For there's no *place* else on earth that I would rather be
I suspected Ray might not be right when I read the last of the post., because
the song is not sung by Rex Harrison's character. It is sung by the younger
suitor to Eliza Doolittle (whose name escapes me right now).
Anyway, kudos to Ron, and my vote for his lyrics as posted.
Ray Crenshaw
>I suspected Ray might not be right when I read the last of the post.,
>because the song is not sung by Rex Harrison's character. It is sung >by
the younger suitor to Eliza Doolittle (whose name escapes me >right now).
Well now... I didn't really dispute <G>. I feel Ron's are right also, just
I've heard it the way I posted... often.
And the character who sang it is Freddie Eyensford-Hill... the vapid
but pure-hearted rich boy who was so fetched by Eliza Dolittle, as
"improved" by Rex Harrison's "Professor 'enry 'iggins". But I'll be blasted
if I could make "Freddie Eyensford-Hill" fit into any rhyme
and meter that I could come up with.
I also will go with Ron Hontz's lyrics as the "official" ones... but I'm
sure of the following:
"I have often heard these new words before,
But to get approval I should needs go door-to-door..."
OK, enough of that... thanks for writing;<G>
Ronald E. Hontz
Awww, golly gee. Can't have two of my buds goin' back and forth. I
absolutely *never* would hold out any specific version of lyrics to be
the OFFICIAL VERSION. The reason I cite the artist I listened to only
implies "this is how HE sang it", fully cognizant that others may have
done it quite differently. And, as those guys in the wine commercial
would say, "We thank you for your support" <G>