LAURA
Music by David Raskin
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Verse
YOU KNOW THE FEELING OF SOMETHING HALF REMEMBERED,
OF SOMETHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED, YET YOU RECALL IT WELL,
YOU KNOW THE FEELING OF RECOGNIZING SOMEONE...
THAT YOU’VE NEVER MET, AS FAR AS YOU COULD TELL, WELL:
Refrain
LAURA IS THE FACE IN THE MISTY LIGHT,
FOOTSTEPS THAT YOU HEAR DOWN THE HALL,
THE LAUGH THAT FLOATS ON A SUMMER NIGHT,
THAT YOU CAN NEVER QUITE RECALL,
AND YOU SEE LAURA ON THE TRAIN THAT IS PASSING THRU,
THOSE EYES, HOW FAMILIAR THEY SEEM,
SHE GAVE HER VERY FIRST KISS TO YOU,
THAT WAS LAURA, BUT SHE’S ONLY A DREAM.
(Repeat Refrain)
Lyric by Johnny Mercer

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