it's paradise

Hoagy Carmichael.
Hoagy --
was the man's name.
Hoagy Carmichael --
wrote this song:

Memphis in June,
A shady veranda

Under a Sunday blue sky

Memphis in June
And Cousin Amanda ’s
Makin’ a rhubarb pie

I can hear the clock inside
Tickin’ and tockin’
Everything’s peacefully dandy

I can see old Granny
'Cross the street
Still a-rockin’
Watchin’ the neighbors go by

Memphis in June --
And sweet oleander
Blowing perfume
In the air

Up jumps the moon
To make it that much grander
It’s paradise
Brother take my advice
Nothing’s half as nice as --
Memphis in June

[Instrumental - piano]

Memphis in June
And sweet oleander
Blowing perfume
In the air

Up jumps a moon
To make it -- that much grander

It’s paradise

Brother take my advice

Nothin’s half as nice
As Memphis in June


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