Nick Buttler's First Sound at Lipscomb University

LYRICS:

Better than sailing at midnight
Better than diving for pearls
Better than skiing in Aspen
Better than feeding the squirrels
Better than finding a horseshoe
Better than losing your head
Better than anything thought of
Better than anything said
Better than singing right out loud
Or being spotted in a crowd
Better than anything except being in love
Do you know, being in love

Better than four sets of Dizzy
Better than Count Basie's band
Better than Rollins and Coltrane
Better than being on the stand
Better than Ella Fitzgerald
Better than Miles' latest news
Better than Bill Evans' ballads
Better than Joe Williams' blues
Better than hearing Lady Day
Or checking in at Monterey
Better than any ole thing 'cept being in love
Do you know, being in love

It's a circus
Elephants dancing, clowns on parade
Better than peanuts and popcorn, fresh lemonade
Better than rides on the midway
Better than seals blowing horns
Better than men shot from cannons
Better than fresh ears of corn
Better than balancing a wire
Or watching tigers leap through fire
Better than any ole thing 'cept being in love
Being in love

Better than singing right out loud
Or being spotted in a crowd
Better than anything except being in love
Do you know, being in love

Better than hearing Lady Day
Or checking in at Monterey
Better than any ole thing 'cept being in love

*CREDITS*
Originally performed by Al Jarreau
Piano accompaniment by Teri Reid

Better Than Anything

LYRICS:

Somewhere there's music
How faint the tune
Somewhere there's heaven
How high the moon
There is no love when love is far away too
Till it comes true that you love me as I love you
Somewhere there's heaven
It's where you are
Somewhere there's music
How near, how far
The darkest night would shine if you would come to me soon
Until you will, how still my heart
How high the moon

How high the moon is the name of this song
How high the moon, though the words may be wrong
We're singin' it because you asked for it
So we're swingin' it just for you
How high the moon, does it touch the stars
How high the moon, does it reach out to Mars
Though the words may be wrong to this song
We're asking how high, high, high, high, high is the moon

Though the words may be wrong to this song
We're asking how high, high, high, high, high
Is the moon

CREDITS:
Accompaniment by Teri Reid
Originally recorded and performed by Ella Fitzgerald

How High the Moon

LYRICS:

The more I see you, the more I want you
Somehow this feeling just grows and grows
With every sigh I become more mad about you
More lost without you, and so it goes
Can you imagine how much I love you
The more I see you as years go by
Now I know the only one for me can only be you
My arms won't free you, and my heart won't try

CREDITS:

Accompaniment by It's His Time Backing
Originally recorded and performed by Michael Bublé

Nicholas Buttler

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