Johnny Mercer quotes

The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at play Through the meadow land toward a closing door A door marked "nevermore" that wasn't there before. (Johnny Mercer)
From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe, wherever the four winds blow I been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk, but there is one thing I know A woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night. View quote
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You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive E-lim-i-nate the negative And latch on to the affirmative. Don't mess with mister inbetween. View quote
Johnny Mercer
So you met someone who set you back on your heels - goody, goody You met someone and now you know how it feels - goody, goody. View quote
Johnny Mercer
When my life is through And the angels ask me to recall The thrill of them all Then I shall tell them I remember you. View quote
Johnny Mercer
I remember too, a distant bell... and stars that fell... like the rain out of the blue. View quote
Johnny Mercer
There's a long goodbye, and it happens every day, when a passerby invites your eye to come away. Even as you smile a quick hello you let her go, you let the moment fly... Too late you turn your head, you know you've said the Long Goodbye. View quote
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Skylark, Have you seen a valley green with Spring Where my heart can go a-journeying, Over the shadows in the rain To a blossom covered lane? And in your lonely flight, Haven't you heard the music in the night, Wonderful music, Faint as a will-o-the-wisp, Crazy as a loon, Sad as a gypsy serenading the moon. View quote
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I know all the songs that the cowboys know 'bout the big corral where the doggies go, 'Cause I learned them all on the radio. Yippie yi yo kayah. View quote
Johnny Mercer
[My] publicity agent ... went to hear Father Divine and he had a sermon and his subject was 'you got to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative.' And I said 'Wow, that's a colorful phrase! View quote
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That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine. (Johnny Mercer)
Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew. Everything was ours; how happy we were then, but then once upon a time never comes again. View quote
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I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow. View quote
Johnny Mercer
Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer. Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer. Lead us lest too far we wander. Love's sweet voice is calling yonder. View quote
Johnny Mercer
Cigarette holder, which wigs me, over her shoulder she digs me: Out cattin' that Satin Doll. View quote
Johnny Mercer
You must have been a beautiful baby, 'Cos baby just look at you now. View quote
Johnny Mercer
Days of wine and roses laugh and run away, like a child at play. View quote
Johnny Mercer
We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for my baby, And one more for the road. View quote
Johnny Mercer