스탠다드 재즈ㆍ팝계의 살아있는 전설, "토니 베네트"의 베스트 앨범 [THE VERY BEST OF TONY BENNETT] 『COLD, COLD HEART』, 『BECAUSE OF YOU』 등 1951년도 차트 1위 곡들을 비롯, 탑10 차트에 오른 『STRANGER IN PARADISE』, 『I WON'T CRY ANYMORE』 등은 물론 아직까지도 스탠다드 재즈 곡으로 사랑받고 있는 『THE BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS』, 『ONCE THERE LIVED A FOOL』, 『BLUE VELVET』 등 총 42곡이 포진되어 있다. 이 앨범에 수록된 42곡이라면 왠만한 미국의 스탠다드 팝/재즈 넘버들은 정복한 것이라 자부할 수 있다! .... ....
Because of you there's a song in my heart Because of you my romance had its start Because of you the sun will shine The moon and stars will say you're mine Forever and never to part
I only live for your love and your kiss It's paradise to be near you like this Because of you my life is now worthwhile And I can smile Because of you
I only live for your love and your kiss It's paradise to be near you like this Because of you my life is now worthwhile And I can smile Because of you
I know I go from rags to riches If you would only you say you care And though my pocket maybe empty I'll be a millionaireMy clothes may still be torn and tattled But in my heart I'd be a king Your love is all that ever mattered It's everything, so open your arms And you open the door To every treasure that I am hoping for Hold me and kiss me and Tell me you're mine ever moreMust I forever be a beggar Whose golden dreams would not come true Or will I go from rags to riches My fate is up to you
I tried so hard, my dear, to show that you're my every dream Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart?Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue And so my heart is paying now for things I didn't do In anger unkind words are said that make the teardrops start Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart?You'll never know how much it hurts to see you sit and cry You know you need and want my love yet you're afraid to try Why do you run and hide from life? To try it just ain't smart Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart?There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me But now I know your heart is shackled to a memory The more I learn to care for you, the more we drift apart Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart?
Blue velvet wow woo she wore blue velvet Bluer than velvet was the night Softer than satin was the light From the stars she wore blue velvet Bluer than velvet were her eyes Warmer than may her tender sighs Love was ours ours a love I held tightly Feeling the rapture grow Like a flame burning brightly But when she left gone was the glow of Blue velvet but in my heart There'll always be precious andWarm a memory through the years And I still can see blue velvet Through my tears she wore bluevelvet But in my heart there'll always be Precious and warm a memory Through the years and I still can see Blue velvet through my tears Blue velvetwoo
Take my hand I'm a stranger in paradise All lost in a wonderland A stranger in paradise If I stand starry-eyed That's a danger in paradise For mortals who stand beside an angel like youI saw your face and I ascended Out of the commonplace into the rare somewhere In space I hang suspended Until I know there's a chance that you careWon't you answer this fervent prayer Of a stranger in paradise Don't send me in dark despair From all that I hunger forBut open your angel's arms To this stranger in paradise And tell him that he need be A stranger no more