Sunday, November 18, 2007

“The falling leaves drift by the window...


...the Autumn leaves of red and gold.”

Of course, Chez jbk is high above the streets of the fabulous Upper East Side, so I don't actually see falling leaves drifting outside my windows.

But the leaves are finally starting to turn colors in Central Park. I should have brought my real camera instead of the Q, but here's a few pictures from a little post-brunch stroll yesterday afternoon.





And here's Nat Cole doing a great Johnny Mercer classic, “The Autumn Leaves,” which includes one of my favorite lyrics: “I see your lips, the summer kisses/the sunburned hands I used to hold.”

Let me tell you something, missy, ever since I worked for one of the big record labels and pillaged deep into the catalog, I realized they knew how to writes lyrics in those days - not like you kids today with your hip hop and your rap and your rock and roll.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I could take your rampant abuse of "amusing" but Johnny Mercer... Nat Cole and leaves falling???

Get out of here, I said... get out!

Anonymous said...

He had such a great voice!

Anonymous said...

I love Fall in the city, its my favorite time of the year...

Randy said...

Listen my husky right-wing friend, methinks thou dost protest too much. I get the feeling your poor beleaguered wife could probably share a few stories with Mrs. Senator Larry Craig, if you know what I mean.

Anonymous said...

I like Autumn too but I like the Spring best.

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