| Lyrics: | When they begin the beguine
It brings back the sound of music so tender,
It brings back a
night of tropical splendor,
It brings back a memory ever green.
I'm with you once more
under the stars,
And down by the shore an orchestra's playing
And even the palms seem to
be swaying
When they begin the beguine.
To live it again is past all endeavor,
Except
when that tune clutches my heart,
And there we are, swearing to love forever,
And
promising never, never to part.
What moments divine, what rapture serene,
Till clouds came
along to disperse the joys we had tasted,
And now when I hear people curse the chance that was
wasted,
I know but too well what they mean;
So don't let them begin the beguine
Let
the love that was once a fire remain an ember;
Let it sleep like the dead desire I only
remember
When they begin the beguine.
Oh yes, let them begin the beguine, make them
play
Till the stars that were there before return above you,
Till you whisper to me once
more,
Darling, I love you!
And we suddenly know What heaven we're in,
When they begin
the beguine |
