Mel Torm — Lover Come Back To Me

[Verse 1] Sky was blue, high above The moon was new and so was love This eager heart of mine kept singing Lover, come back, lover, come back, lover, come back to me You came at last, love had its day That day is past and you've gone away This eager heart of mine keeps singing Lover, come back, lover, come back, lover, come back to me [Bridge] I remember every little thing you used to do I'm so lonely Every road I walk along I walk along with you No wonder I am lonely [Verse 2] Sky was blue, night was cold The moon was new but love was old While I'm waiting here, this heart of mine keeps singing Lover, come back, lover, come back, lover, come back to me [Scatting] [Instrumental break] Mike Renzi at the piano, listen [Piano solo] John Leitham [Bass solo] Donny Osborne [Drum solo] [Verse 3] The sky was blue and high above The moon was new and so was love This eager heart of mine was singing Lover, come back, lover, come back, lover, come back to me You came at last, love had its day That day has past, you've gone away This eager heart of mine keeps singing Lover, come back, lover, come back, lover, come back to me [Bridge] I remember every little thing you used to do I'm so lonely Every road I walk along I walk along with you No wonder I am lonely [Verse 4] The sky was blue, night was cold The moon was new but love was old While I'm waiting here, this heart of mine keeps singing Lover, come back, lover, come back, lover, come back to me Lover, come back, lover, come back, lover, come back to me Lover, come back, lover, come back, lover, come back to me [Scatting] [Outro dialogue] Thank you so much Thank you, ladies and gentlemen You're absolutely wonderful Ladies and gentlemen, we lost a true heavyweight several months ago I miss her intensely Ella Fitzgerald was the single greatest singer on the planet Ella Fitzgerald did it for me like no other singer did it Ella, you showed me the way That's the title of one of the songs that she wrote And it perfectly fits how I feel about her She did show me the way I became a scat singer by listening to Ella Fitzgerald She was, she was wonderful, she was adorable I'd like to do a couple of tunes for you right now Beginning with a beautiful ballad that was prevalent in the 1930s, the late 1930s And this song was sung by a lot of people But never like it was sung by Ella Fitzgerald