Johnny Mercer Quotes

“When the sweet talkin's done, a man is a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing the blues in the night.”

— Johnny Mercer

I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you come rain or come shine.

— Johnny Mercer

“That old black magic has me in its spell.”

— Johnny Mercer

“Could tell you a lot, but you've gotta be true to the code. Make it one for my baby and one more for the road.”

— Johnny Mercer

“Days of wine and roses laugh and run away, like a child at play.”

— Johnny Mercer

“Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew. Everything was ours; how happy we were then, but then once upon a time never comes again.”

— Johnny Mercer

You must have been a beautiful baby, 'Cos baby just look at you now.

— Johnny Mercer

“I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow.”

— Johnny Mercer

Fools rush in, where wise men never go,
But wise men never fall in love, so how are they to know?

— Johnny Mercer

“It takes more talent to write music, but it takes more courage to write lyrics.”

— Johnny Mercer

“You must write for the waste basket.”

— Johnny Mercer

“She's nobody's fool so I'm playing it cool as can be. I'll give it a whirl but I ain't for no girl catching me.”

— Johnny Mercer

“When my life is throughAnd the angels ask me to recallThe thrill of them allThen I shall tell themI remember you”

— Johnny Mercer

“The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at playThrough the meadow land toward a closing doorA door marked "nevermore" that wasn't there before”

— Johnny Mercer

The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of red and gold ... I see your lips, the summer kisses The sunburned hands, I used to hold Since you went away, the days grow long And soon I'll hear ol' winter's song. But I miss you most of all my darling, When autumn leaves start to fall.

— Johnny Mercer

“Skylark Have you anything to say to me? Won't you tell me where my love can be?”

— Johnny Mercer

“Hooray for Hollywood.”

— Johnny Mercer

“Too marvelous for words.”

— Johnny Mercer

“Don't mess with Mister Inbetween.”

— Johnny Mercer

“Day in, day out. That same old voodoo follows me about.”

— Johnny Mercer

Arthur Murray taught me dancing in a hurry.

— Johnny Mercer

“There's a long goodbye,and it happens every day,when a passerbyinvites your eyeto come away.Even as you smile a quick helloyou let her go,you let the moment fly ... Too late you turn your head,you know you've saidthe Long Goodbye.”

— Johnny Mercer

“From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe, wherever the four winds blowI been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk, but there is one thing I knowA woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night.”

— Johnny Mercer

“So you met someone who set you back on your heels - goody, goodyYou met someone and now you know how it feels - goody, goody”

— Johnny Mercer

“I know all the songs that the cowboys know'bout the big corral where the doggies go,'Cause I learned them all on the radio.Yippie yi yo kayah”

— Johnny Mercer

“Come rain or come shine.”

— Johnny Mercer

“Things never are as bad as they seem.”

— Johnny Mercer

“I remember too, a distant bell ... and stars that fell ... like the rainout of the blue.”

— Johnny Mercer

“Skylark,Have you seen a valley green with SpringWhere my heart can go a-journeying,Over the shadows in the rainTo a blossom covered lane?And in your lonely flight,Haven't you heard the music in the night,Wonderful music,Faint as a will-o-the-wisp,Crazy as a loon,Sad as a gypsy serenading the moon.”

— Johnny Mercer