Harlem On My Mind (10-10-33)-Ethel Waters

[ti:Harlem On My Mind] [ar:Ethel Waters] [al:Hit Songs From Broadway] [offset:0] [00:05.28]Harlem On My Mind (10-10-33) - Ethel Waters [00:10.15]Emeralds in my bracelets diamonds in my rings [00:13.20] [00:13.95]A Riviera chateau and a lot of other things [00:16.85]And I'm blue so blue am I [00:23.90] [00:26.09]Lots of ready money in seven different banks [00:28.83] [00:29.58]I counted up this morning it was 'bout a million francs [00:32.58]And I'm blue so blue and I know why [00:41.14] [00:42.33]I've got Harlem on my mind [00:47.12] [00:48.68]And I'm longin' to be lowdown [00:51.96] [00:54.06]And my 'Parlez-vous' will not ring true [00:59.68]With Harlem on my mind [01:03.73] [01:04.41]I've been dined and I've been wined [01:08.60] [01:09.84]But I'm headin' for a showdown [01:14.53] [01:15.58]'Cause I can't go on from night to dawn [01:20.89] [01:21.45]With Harlem on my mind [01:25.07] [01:26.63]I go to supper with a French Marquis [01:30.76] [01:31.74]Each evening after the show [01:34.32] [01:36.22]My lips begin to whisper "Mon Cheri" [01:40.89]But my heart keeps singin' "Hi-de-ho" [01:46.03]I've become too damned refined [01:49.80] [01:51.20]And at night I hate to go down [01:56.11]To that high-falutin' flat that Lady Mendel designed [02:01.18] [02:02.05]With Harlem on my mind [02:05.99] [02:06.81]I've got Harlem on my mind [02:12.11] [02:12.99]And I'm longing to be lowdown [02:16.85] [02:17.51]And my 'Parlez-vous' will not ring true [02:23.55]With Harlem on my mind [02:28.25]I've been dined and I've been wined [02:33.31]But sure as your born I'm headin' for a showdown [02:38.17]'Cause I can't go on from night to dawn [02:44.35]With Harlem on my mind [02:48.21] [02:49.72]And when I'm bathing in my marble tub [02:53.15] [02:54.46]Each evening after the show [02:56.58] [02:59.20]I get to thinkin' 'bout that Cotton Club [03:03.10]And my heart starts chirpin', "Hi-de-ho" help me [03:09.46]I've been too damned refined [03:12.34]And at night I hate to go down [03:17.59]To that flat with fifty million Frenchmen taggin' behind [03:21.96] [03:23.33]With Harlem on my mind