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Waltz for Debby

Tony Bennett
Track 50 on Sixty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett 

Producer

Ernie Altschuler
19641 viewer

Waltz for Debby Lyrics

[Verse]
In her own sweet world
Populated by dolls and clowns
And a prince and a big purple bear
Lives my favorite girl
Unaware of the worried frowns
That we weary grownups all wear
In the sun she dances to silent music
Songs that are spun of gold
Somewhere in her own little head
One day all too soon
She'll grow up and she'll leave her dolls
And her prince and her silly old bear
When she goes they will cry
As they whisper goodbye
They will miss hеr I fear
But then so will I

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Sixty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett (2013)
Tony Bennett
  1. 1.
    The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
  2. 2.
    Because of You
  3. 4.
    Blue Velvet
  4. 5.
    Rags to Riches
  5. 6.
    Stranger In Paradise
  6. 7.
    While the Music Plays On
  7. 8.
    May I Never Love Again
  8. 9.
    Sing You Sinners
  9. 10.
    Just In Time
  10. 11.
    Lazy Afternoon
  11. 12.
    Ca, C’est L’amour
  12. 13.
    I Get a Kick Out of You
  13. 14.
    It Amazes Me
  14. 15.
    Penthouse Serenade (When We’re Alone)
  15. 16.
    Lost In the Stars
  16. 17.
    Lullaby of Broadway
  17. 18.
    Firefly
  18. 19.
    A Sleepin’ Bee
  19. 20.
    The Man That Got Away
  20. 21.
    Skylark
  21. 22.
    September Song
  22. 23.
    Till
  23. 24.
    Begin the Beguine
  24. 25.
    Put On a Happy Face
  25. 26.
    The Best Is Yet to Come
  26. 27.
    This Time the Dream’s On Me
  27. 28.
    Close Your Eyes
  28. 29.
    Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Goodbye)
  29. 30.
    Dancing In the Dark
  30. 31.
    Stella By Starlight
  31. 32.
    Tender Is the Night
  32. 33.
    Once Upon a Time
  33. 34.
    (I Left My Heart) In San Francisco
  34. 35.
    Until I Met You
  35. 36.
    If I Love Again
  36. 37.
    I Wanna Be Around...
  37. 38.
    The Good Life
  38. 39.
    It Was Me
  39. 40.
    Spring In Manhattan
  40. 41.
    The Moment of Truth
  41. 42.
    This Is All I Ask
  42. 43.
    A Taste of Honey
  43. 44.
    When Joanna Loved Me
  44. 45.
    I’ll Be Around
  45. 46.
    Nobody Else But Me
  46. 47.
    It Had to Be You
  47. 48.
    I’ve Got Just About Everything
  48. 49.
    Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
  49. 50.
    Waltz for Debby
  50. 51.
    I Walk a Little Faster
  51. 52.
    Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)
  52. 53.
    If I Ruled the World
  53. 54.
    Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
  54. 55.
    Love Scene
  55. 56.
    Sweet Lorraine
  56. 57.
    The Shadow of Your Smile (with Juanes)
  57. 58.
    I’ll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her
  58. 59.
    Baby, Dream Your Dream
  59. 60.
    Smile
  60. 62.
    Emily
  61. 64.
    A Time for Love
  62. 65.
    Country Girl
  63. 66.
    Days of Love
  64. 67.
    Keep Smiling at Trouble (Trouble’s a Bubble)
  65. 68.
    For Once In My Life
  66. 69.
    Who Cares?
  67. 70.
    Hi-Ho
  68. 71.
    Baby Don’t You Quit Now
  69. 72.
    Something
  70. 73.
    Cold, Cold Heart
  71. 74.
    I Do Not Know a Day I Did Not Love You
  72. 75.
    Old Devil Moon (Live)
  73. 76.
    Remind Me
  74. 77.
    Maybe This Time
  75. 78.
    Some Other Time
  76. 79.
    But Beautiful
  77. 80.
    How Do You Keep the Music Playing? (with The Ralph Sharon Trio)
  78. 81.
    What Are You Afraid Of?
  79. 82.
    Why Do People Fall In Love?
  80. 83.
    I Got Lost In Her Arms
  81. 84.
    When I Lost You
  82. 85.
    Shakin’ the Blues Away
  83. 86.
    Antonia
  84. 87.
    When Do the Bells Ring for Me?
  85. 88.
    East of the Sun (West of the Moon)
  86. 90.
    Steppin’ Out With My Baby
  87. 91.
    They All Laughed
  88. 92.
    Speak Low (Live at Sony Studios, New York City, NY - April 1994)
  89. 93.
    Solitude
  90. 94.
    I Wished On the Moon
  91. 95.
    When a Woman Loves a Man
  92. 96.
    That Ole Devil Called Love
  93. 97.
    The Way You Look Tonight
  94. 98.
    Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
  95. 99.
    Bein’ Green
  96. 100.
    Mood Indigo
  97. 101.
    Day Dream
  98. 102.
    Azure
  99. 103.
    Sophisticated Lady
  100. 104.
    Alright, Okay, You Win
  101. 105.
    Let the Good Times Roll
  102. 106.
    Evenin’
  103. 107.
    La Vie en Rose
  104. 108.
    What a Wonderful World
  105. 109.
    Close Enough for Love
  106. 110.
    I Remember You
  107. 111.
    The Best Man
  108. 112.
    Where Do You Start
  109. 113.
    Being Alive
  110. 114.
    All for You
  111. 115.
    My Favorite Things
  112. 116.
    The Best Is Yet to Come
  113. 117.
    Smile
  114. 118.
    For Once In My Life
  115. 119.
    Because of You
  116. 120.
    The Very Thought of You (with Paul McCartney)
  117. 121.
    If I Ruled the World (with Céline Dion)
  118. 122.
    How Do You Keep the Music Playing? (with George Michael)
  119. 123.
    Body and Soul
  120. 124.
    It Had to Be You
  121. 125.
    Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
  122. 126.
    The Way You Look Tonight
  123. 127.
    Speak Low
  124. 128.
    The Lady Is a Tramp
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1964
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PopIn EnglishUSAJazz
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