(Jimmy Van Heusen, Mack David)
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It wasn't my intention to eavesdrop,
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But there a guy sat, two stools away,
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And you could tell the bartender knew him
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And that he'd been there some other day.
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And while I sipped my libation,
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I overheard his conversation...
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"Re---member
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How I'd walk in,
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What excitement there would be?
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Never less than twenty people,
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I had lots of friends, you see.
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"I gave the party, I was the host.
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Everyone loved me,
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I was the most.
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"Champagne and plenty of it,
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Real imported caviar,
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And the hat check girl got fifty
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Just for lighting my cigar.
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"I kept 'em laughin', jokes by the yard.
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Everyone loved me,
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I was a card.
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"And I had a girl,
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A beautiful girl,
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Her whole world, I think, consisted of mink
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And diamonds and pearls.
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"Because she was mine,
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I'd glitter and shine,
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And life was a ball, and wasn't it all
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So cozy 'n fine?
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"But nothing lasts forever,
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And the deepest well runs dry.
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Just 'cause I've stopped rolling sevens
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Doesn't mean I have to cry.
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"I'll take that nightcap,
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One more won't show.
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And incidentally...maybe you know...
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Where, oh, where, oh, where
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Did everyone go?"
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"Where, oh, where, oh, where
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Did everyone go?"
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Where Did Everyone Go?
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| Nat King Cole |
