Lyrics




Oh! Will you never let me be?
Oh! Will you never set me free?
The ties that bound us
Are still around us
There's no escape that I can see
And still those little things remain
That bring me happiness or pain
A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant
A fair ground's painted swings
These foolish things remind me of you
You came you saw you conquer'd me
When you did that to me
I knew somehow this had to be
The winds of March that make my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but who's to answer?
Oh, how the ghost of you clings!
These foolish things remind me of you
First daffodils and long excited cables
And candle lights on little corner tables
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
The park at evening when the bell has sounded
The "Ile de France" with all the gulls around it
The beauty that is Spring's
These foolish things remind me of you
How strange how sweet to find you still
These things are dear to me
They seem to bring you near to me
The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations
Silk stockings thrown aside dance invitations
Oh, how the ghost of you clings!
These foolish things remind me of you
Gardenia perfume ling'ring on a pillow
Wild strawb'ries only seven francs a kilo
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
The smile of Garbo and the scent of roses
The waiters whistling as the last bar closes
The song that Crosby sings
These foolish things remind me of you
How strange how sweet to find you still
These things are dear to me
They seem to bring you near to me
The scent of smould'ring leaves, the wail of steamers
Two lovers on the street who walk like dreamers
Oh, how the ghost of you clings!
These foolish things remind me of you



Writer(s): Strachey Jack, Maschwitz Eric


Thelonious Monk - The Complete Prestige Recordings
Album The Complete Prestige Recordings
date of release
13-06-2006

1   Flyin' Hawk
2   Recollections
3   Recollections
4   Drifting On A Reed
5   Drifting on a Reed
6   On The Bean
7   Bye-Ya
8   Monk's Dream
9   Sweet and Lovely
10   Little Rootie Tootie
11   Bemsha Swing
12   Reflections
13   These Foolish Things
14   Trinkle Tinkle
15   Think of One (Take 1)
16   Let's Call This
17   Think of One (Take 2)
18   Friday The 13th
19   We See
20   Locomotive
21   Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
22   Hackensack
23   Nutty
24   Just a Gigolo
25   Work
26   Blue Monk
27   I Want to Be Happy
28   The Way You Look Tonight
29   More Than You Know
30   More Than You Know
31   Bags' Groove (Take 1)
32   Bags' Groove (take 1)
33   Bemsha Swing (feat. Milt Jackson, Thelonious Monk, Percy Heath & Kenny Clarke)
34   The Man I Love (take 1)
35   Swing Spring
36   Swing Spring (feat. Milt Jackson, Thelonious Monk, Percy Heath & Kenny Clarke)
37   Bags' Groove (Take 2)
38   Bags' Groove (take 2)
39   The Man I Love (take 2)




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