Watching The Clouds Roll By
From the Broadway Show "Animal Crackers" (1928)
Composer(s): Bert Kalmar; Harry Ruby
Performer(s): Bernice Ackerman & Milton Watson
Milton:
Nearly ev'ry new day for me was a blue day
My life was just one blue Monday
How the days would drag on, if they had no tag on
I couldn't tell which was Sunday
I kept my eyes on the horizon
But only clouds were there
Nothing could move them or improve them
Nobody seemed to care
Suddenly you stepped in
And happiness crept in
And ev'rything changed in one day
Now you and I can clear the sky.....
Looking for the sun
Two loving hearts are better than one
We'll have lots of fun
Watching the clouds roll by
Cares don't mean a thing
Whether it's Winter, whether it's Spring
While two hearts can sing
Watching the clouds roll by
We'll be as near as love birds
As any two
And, dear, if we're like love birds
What are a few April showers
When it's dark or fair
What does it matter, what do we care
If we both are there
Watching the clouds roll by
Bernice:
Life for me was boredom, each hour was more dumb
Than ev'ry one that preceded
Time would slowly tick off, I wanted to kick off
The hours could not be speeded
I counted all days, Spring and Fall days
Just like so many sheep
Even the night through, I'd go right through
Counting them in my sleep
Suddenly I woke up
And all the clouds broke up
For you were all that I needed
My clouds I find are silver lined
Looking for the sun
Two loving hearts are better than one
We'll have lots of fun
Watching the clouds roll by
Cares don't mean a thing
Whether it's Winter, whether it's Spring
While two hearts can sing
Watching the clouds roll by
We'll be as near as love birds
As any two
And, dear, if we're like love birds
What are a few April showers
When it's dark or fair
What does it matter, what do we care
If we both are there
Watching the clouds roll by
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