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I Could Write a Book
Count Basie

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I never learned to spell
At least not well.

1-2-3-4-5-6-7
I never learned to count
A great amount.

But my busy mind is burning
To use what learning I've got.

I won't waste any time,
I'll strike while the iron is hot.

If they asked me, I could write a book
About the way you walk and whisper and look.

I could write a preface on how we met
So the world would never forget.

And the simple secret of the plot
Is just to tell them that I love you a lot.

Then the world discovers as my book ends
How to make two lovers a friend.

Use to hate to go to school
I never cracked a book;
I played the hook.

Never answered any mail;
To write I used to think was wasting ink.

It was never my endeavor
To be too clever and smart.

Now I suddenly feel
A longing to write in my heart.

If they asked me, I could write a book
About the way you walk and whisper and look.

I could write a preface on how we met
So the world would never forget.

And the simple secret of the plot
Is just to tell them that I love you a lot.

Then the world discovers as my book ends
How to make two lovers a friend.


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  (Back Home Again In) Indiana   A Fine Romance   Ain't Misbehavin'   All My Loving   All of Me   All of Me [Live]   All or Nothing at All   Alone   Alright, Okay, You Win   Alright, Okay, You Win [Live]   Amazing Love   And the Angels Sing   Angel Eyes   Another Get Together   Anything Goes   April in Paris   April in Paris [Alternate Take]   As Long as I Live   As Long as I Live [DVD]   At Long Last Love   Autumn Leaves   B & E (Basella)/A-Tisket, A-Tasket   Baby, Don’t Tell On Me   Baby, Won't You Please Come Home   Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea   Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered   Blue and Sentimental   Blue and Sentimental [Stereo]   Blue Skies   Broadway   Bye Bye Blackbird   Bye Bye Blues   C Jam Blues   Caravan   Carolina in My Mind   Chattanooga Choo Choo   Cheek to Cheek   Chicago   Cielito Lindo   Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie   Come Fly With Me   Come Rain or Come Shine   Come Rain or Come Shine [*]   Come Together   Corrine, Corrina   Danny Boy   Dickie’s Dream   Did you see jacie robinson hit that ball   Dinah   Do Nothin til You Hear From Me   Don't Worry 'Bout Me   Dream a Little Dream of Me   Drifting   Dum Dum   East of the Sun   Easy Living   Eleanor Rigby   Every Day I Have the Blues   Every Day I Have the Blues [*]   Everyday (I Have the Blues) [Stereo]   Exactly Like You   Farewell Blues   Fascinating Rhythm   Feedin’ The Bean   Fine and Mellow   Fine and Mellow [DVD]   Firefly   Fly Me to the Moon   Fly Me to the Moon In Other Words   Flying Home   Flying Home [DVD]   Fools Rush In   From Russia With Love   Gee, Baby Ain't I Good to You?   Get Me to the Church on Time   God Bless the Child   Goin' to Chicago Blues   Going To Chicago Blues   Gone With What Wind   Good Morning Blues   Good Morning Blues [1st Take]   Good Morning Blues [2nd Take]   Hallelujah, I Love Her So   Hello, Dolly! 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  Yesterdays   You Go to My Head   You Make Me Feel So Young   You Turned the Tables on Me   Young at Heart

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