Girlfriend
Glenn Miller
Words by Jimmy Kennedy, music by Georges Boulanger
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on August 18th 1939 with Ray Eberle.
My prayer is to linger with you
At the end of the day
In a dream that‘s divine...
My prayer is a rapture in blue
With the world far away
And our lips close to mine.
Tonight, while our hearts are aglow,
Oh, tell me the words that I’m longing to know...
My prayer and the answer you give,
May they still be the same for as long as we live,
Tha
Substitute
You think we look pretty good together
You think my shoes are made of leather
But I'm a substitute for another guy
I look pretty tall but my heels are high
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young, but I'm just back-dated, yeah
Substitute your lies for fact
I can see right through your plastic mac
I look all white, but my dad was black
My fine looking suit is really made out of sack
I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
The north side of my town faced east, and the east was facing south
And now you dare to look me in the eye
Those crocodile tears are what you cry
It's a genuine problem, you won't try
To work it out at all you just pass it by, pass it by
Substitute me for him
Substitute my coke for gin
Substitute you for my mum
At least I'll get my washing done