I Could Write a Book-Ella Fitzgerald

[00:00.431]A B C D E F G [00:11.967]I never learned to spell [00:15.335]At least not well [00:18.779]1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [00:24.471]I never learned to count [00:26.839]A great amount [00:30.806]But my busy mind is burning to use what learning I've got [00:39.502]I won't waste any time [00:43.710]I'll strike while the iron is hot [00:48.230]If they asked me, I could write a book [00:57.230]About the way you walk, and whisper, and look [01:07.358]I could write a preface [01:12.846]On how we met [01:17.766]So the world would never forget [01:26.454]And the simple secret of the plot [01:36.102]Is just to tell them that I love you a lot [01:45.797]And the world discovers [01:51.790]As my book ends [01:56.173]How to make two lovers [02:01.544]Of friends [02:05.501]And the simple secret of the plot [02:53.669]Is just to tell them that I love you a lot [03:03.537]And the world discovers [03:09.606]As my book ends [03:14.056]How to make two lovers [03:20.774]Of friends