Duke Ellington
Prelude to a Kiss
[Verse 1]
If you hear my song in blue
Like a flower crying for the dew
That's just my heart serenading you
A prelude to a kiss
[Verse 2]
And if you hear a song that grows
From my tender sentimental woes
That was my heart trying to compose
A prelude to a kiss
[Bridge]
Though it's just a simple melody
With nothin' fancy, nothin' much
You can turn it to a symphony
A Shubert tune with a Gershwin touch
[Verse 3]
Oh, how my love song gently cries
For the tenderness within your eyes
And my love is a prelude that never dies
A prelude to a kiss
[Instrumental Break]
*Scat singing*
(Kitchen)
[Bridge]
Though it's just a simple melody
With nothin' fancy, nothin' much
You can turn it to a symphony
It's a Shubert tune with a Gershwin touch
[Verse 3]
Oh, how my love song gently cries
For the tenderness within your eyes
And my love is a prelude that never dies
A prelude to a kiss
[Outro]
(Love you madly)
*Scat singing*
(Love you madly)
This is the man who had
A master plan
For bebop and jazz and swing
He gave us everything
The rhythm, the harmony, the melody, the words
His music's the best that you ever heard
Lush Life and Satin Doll and Sentimental Mood
Are some of the songs he wrote
That's just to name a few
With Billie and Ella and Sailor scattin' and rappin'
His music is smooth as satin
Check out the Duke (Hip chick)
Love you madly
Love you madly (Love you madly)
Love you madly
Madly love you, love you
Love you madly
Love you
Love you
Love you madly