Lyrics The Very Thought Of You - Charlie Haden, Kenny Barron

The Very Thought Of You

Ella Fitzgerald recorded this with Nelson Riddle on the 1962 Verve release «Ella Swings Gently with Nelson», and then again, live, on her 1974 Pablo
release Ella in London, with Joe Pass on guitar.
… etc.
Lyrics
I don’t need your photograph to keep by my bed
Your picture is always in my head
I don’t need your portrait, dear, to bring you to mind
For sleeping or waking, dear, I find
The very thought of you and I forget to do The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do
I’m living in a kind of daydream
I’m happy as a king
And foolish though it may seem
Why to me that’s everything
The mere idea of you, the longing here for you
You’ll never know how slow the moments go till I’m near to you
I see your face in every flower
Your eyes in stars above
It’s just the thought of you
The very thought of you, my love
I see your face in every flower
Your eyes in stars above
It’s just the thought of you
The very thought of you, my love