The Very Thought Of You - Charlie Haden, Kenny Barron

Ella Fitzgerald recorded this with Nelson Riddle on the 1962 Verve release «Ella Swings Gently with Nelson», and then again, live, on her 1974 Pablo

release Ella in London, with Joe Pass on guitar.

… etc.

Lyrics

I don’t need your photograph to keep by my bed

Your picture is always in my head

I don’t need your portrait, dear, to bring you to mind

For sleeping or waking, dear, I find

The very thought of you and I forget to do The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do

I’m living in a kind of daydream

I’m happy as a king

And foolish though it may seem

Why to me that’s everything

The mere idea of you, the longing here for you

You’ll never know how slow the moments go till I’m near to you

I see your face in every flower

Your eyes in stars above

It’s just the thought of you

The very thought of you, my love

I see your face in every flower

Your eyes in stars above

It’s just the thought of you

The very thought of you, my love