Johnny Mercer

American lyricist, songwriter, singer and record executive

John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909June 25, 1976) was an American songwriter and singer.

Johnny Mercer, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948 (Photograph by William P. Gottlieb)

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  • 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
  • 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.
  • I remember too, a distant bell...
    and stars that fell...
    like the rain
    out of the blue.
  • 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
    • Song: "I Remember You"
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Cigarette holder,
    which wigs me,
    over her shoulder
    she digs me:
    Out cattin'
    that Satin Doll.
  • 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
  • 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.
    • Song: "The Long Goodbye" (1973)
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