THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES

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Song Title
THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES
Writers
Fame, Dameron
Publisher
CROMWELL MUSIC, INC. (ASCAP)
Co-Publisher
TRO Affiliate
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
US AND CANADA
Themes/Keywords
1980's, Blue, Defeated, Looking, Lost, Love, Unexpected, Upset
Lyrics
Male voice:
Over and over and over again I kept tellin’ myself,
I’ve never wandered too far from the melody.
I keep it simple and mellow, everybody knows that I’m an easy-goin’ fellow.
Yet when I meant it, I didn’t need a shove, next thing I knew it was love.
She hooked me, she had me like a puppet on a string, I couldn’t do a thing.
Now it’s over, no more rollin’ in the clover, I’m lost and I’m looking for love.

I was half way to Paradise yesterday away in my balloon,
But I drifted off course on the Milky Way and now I’ve got to change my tune.

If I should ever get another chance to start again there’s only one thing that I know for sure,
I’ll be back for more, take love in my stride, be on a highway to nothing,
There’s no other way to go – here I go, here I go.

I can’t understand why I’m feelin’ so blue,
I thought that the melody mellowed you too.
I took a chance with our romance
And jettisoned all my cares and woes,
The way that I held you and all that you said
Brought back tender mem’ries of Ginger and Fred,
But they were pros, now heaven knows ,
That isn’t the way it goes.

I was half way to Paradise yesterday away in my balloon,
But I drifted off course on the Milky Way and now I’ve got to change my tune.
It might have been better if only I’d tried but I went and blew it like Bonnie and Clyde,
And now you’re gone, I’ve lost not won; I guess that’s the way it goes.

Recordings

Recording Artist Genre Mood Arrangement Era iTunes
PEGGY LEE Vocal Jazz Charming, Loving, Romantic Horns, Piano, Strings, Vocal 1940's Buy >

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