Top 3 Inspirational – Part 5
Thursday, June 4th, 2009Ah, Part 5. Tomorrow night we do Top 3 Inspirational Polkas from Afghanistan and the next night possibly Top 3 Moon Zither Music. No actually I think I’ll stop this blast into the past for a while and get on to something else. It’s been fun, though, going back through a lifetime of music and remembering the changing of courses through the influences of great songs.
Alan Jay Lerner
STANDARDS
1. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes — “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for their 1933 operetta Roberta.
They asked me how I knew
My true love was true
Oh, I of course replied
Something here inside cannot be denied
They said someday you’ll find
All who love are blind
Oh, when your heart’s on fire
You must realize
Smoke gets in your eyes
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes was my parents’ “song” – Lyman and Virginia. It always fascinated me that they could be so in love. Out of that love I was born. This song summed up their affections for each other. Go Lyman. Go Virginia.
