These Foolish Things

[Intro]

Oh will you never let me be?

Oh will you never set me free?

The ties that bound us, are still around us

There's no escape that I can see

And still those little things remain

That bring me happiness or pain

[Verse 1]

A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces

An airline ticket to romantic places

[Chorus 1]

And still my heart has wings

These foolish things

Remind me of you

[Verse 2]

A tinkling piano in the next apartment

Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant

[Chorus 2]

A fairground's painted swings

These foolish things

Remind me of you

[Bridge]

You came, you saw, you conquered me

When you did that to me

I somehow knew that this had to be

[Verse 3]

The winds of March that make my heart a dancer

A telephone that rings but who's to answer?

[Chorus 3]

Oh, how the ghost of you clings

These foolish things

Remind me of you

[Verse 4]

Gardenia perfume ling'ring on a pillow

Wild strawberries only seven francs a kilo

[Chorus 1]

And still my heart has wings

These foolish things

Remind me of you

[Album Version Verse 5]

The park at evening when the bell has sounded

The pier d'France with all the gulls around it

[Chorus 4]

The beauty that is spring

These foolish things

Remind me of you

[Bridge]

I know, that this, was bound to be

These things have haunted me

For you've entirely enchanted me

[Verse 6]

The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations

Silk stockings thrown aside, dance invitations

[Chorus 3]

Oh, how the ghost of you clings

These foolish things

Remind me of you

[Album Version Verse 8]

First daffodils, and long excited cables

And candle lights on little corner tables

[Chorus 1]

And still my heart has wings

These foolish things

Remind me of you

[Verse 7]

The smile of Garbo and the scent of roses

The waiters whistling as the last bar closes

[Chorus 5]

The song that Crosby sings

These foolish things

Remind me of you

[Bridge]

How strange, how sweet, to find you still

These things are dear to me

That seem to bring you so near to me

[Verse 8]

The scent of smould'ring leaves, the wail of steamers

Two lovers on the street who walk like dreamers

[Chorus 3]

Oh, how the ghost of you clings

These foolish things

Remind me of you

[Outro]

Just you