Johnny Mercer

Hooray for Hollywood!

— Johnny Mercer

You must write for the waste basket.

— Johnny Mercer

I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow.

— Johnny Mercer

Things never are as bad as they seem.

— Johnny Mercer

Fools rush in Where wise men never go.

— Johnny Mercer

Too marvelous for words.

— Johnny Mercer

Come rain or come shine.

— Johnny Mercer

Don't mess with Mister Inbetween.

— Johnny Mercer

Arthur Murray taught me dancing in a hurry.

— Johnny Mercer

Skylark Have you anything to say to me? Won't you tell me where my love can be?

— Johnny Mercer

“That old black magic has me in its spell.”

— Johnny Mercer

You must have been a beautiful baby, 'Cos baby just look at you now.

— Johnny Mercer

It takes more talent to write music, but it takes more courage to write lyrics.

— Johnny Mercer

Day in, day out. That same old voodoo follows me about.

— Johnny Mercer

Days of wine and roses laugh and run away, like a child at play.

— Johnny Mercer

“I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you come rain or come shine.”

— Johnny Mercer

She's nobody's fool so I'm playing it cool as can be. I'll give it a whirl but I ain't for no girl…

— Johnny Mercer

When the sweet talkin's done, a man is a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing the blues in…

— Johnny Mercer

So you met someone who set you back on your heels - goody, goodyYou met someone and now you know how it…

— Johnny Mercer

Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew. Everything was ours; how happy we were then, but then once…

— Johnny Mercer

When my life is throughAnd the angels ask me to recallThe thrill of them allThen I shall tell themI remember you

— Johnny Mercer

We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for my baby, And one more for the…

— Johnny Mercer

“... could tell you a lot, but you've gotta be true to the code. Make it one for my baby and one…

— Johnny Mercer

I remember too, a distant bell...and stars that fell...like the rainout of the blue.

— Johnny Mercer

From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe, wherever the four winds blowI been in some big towns an' heard me…

— Johnny Mercer

That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and…

— Johnny Mercer

The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of red and gold… I see your lips, the summer kisses The…

— Johnny Mercer

There's a long goodbye,and it happens every day,when a passerbyinvites your eyeto come away.Even as you smile a quick helloyou let her…

— Johnny Mercer

Skylark,Have you seen a valley green with SpringWhere my heart can go a-journeying,Over the shadows in the rainTo a blossom covered lane?And…

— Johnny Mercer

You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positiveE-lim-i-nate the negativeAnd latch on to the affirmative.Don't mess with mister inbetween.

— Johnny Mercer

Fools rush in, where wise men never go, But wise men never fall in love, so how are they to know?

— Johnny Mercer

I know all the songs that the cowboys know'bout the big corral where the doggies go,'Cause I learned them all on the…

— Johnny Mercer

The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at playThrough the meadow land toward a closing doorA…

— Johnny Mercer