《Nights At the Chez》歌词

[00:00:13] David roth nights at the chez

[00:00:14] Some thirty odd years ago when I was three

[00:00:17] My sister a couple years older than me

[00:00:23] We'd get to go down to the old chez paree

[00:00:27] On the north side of downtown chicago

[00:00:33] My dad worked the door with a wide open hand

[00:00:37] Tuxedo ed and tailored

[00:00:40] A most handsome man

[00:00:44] My mother auditioned to sing with the band

[00:00:49] The most beautiful girl in the room

[00:00:55] All the performers who came there to play

[00:00:59] Sinatra and bennett and young mel torme

[00:01:06] They'd hang from the rafters my father would say

[00:01:11] On those magical nights at the chez

[00:01:23] One evening that winter my sister and me

[00:01:28] All dressed up and bow tied and cute as could be

[00:01:34] We found ourselves leaning on opposite knees

[00:01:38] Of a man with a rather large nose

[00:01:44] A smelly cigar in the one hand he held

[00:01:48] A signature hat made of floppy gray felt

[00:01:54] He scooped us both up in his arms as he knelt

[00:01:59] And he tickled me right through my suit

[00:02:05] All the performers who came there to play

[00:02:10] Jimmy durante and young danny kaye

[00:02:16] They'd hang from the rafters my father would say

[00:02:20] On those magical nights at the chez

[00:02:55] So there on mom's dresser this photograph sits

[00:03:00] Of durante and debbie and david as kids

[00:03:06] Before life got tricky

[00:03:08] Good god how it did

[00:03:11] And we scattered like leaves in the wind

[00:03:17] Dad stayed in chicago

[00:03:20] Mom moved to l

[00:03:22] A

[00:03:22] Deborah's in portland and I'm day to day

[00:03:29] And the memories and miles seem so far away

[00:03:34] From those innocent nights at the chez

[00:03:40] So here's to the family

[00:03:42] God bless every one

[00:03:45] Though the memories and moments were not always fun

[00:03:52] Somehow we survived them and learned to move on

[00:03:58] Forgiving what nobody knew

[00:04:04] All the performers who came there to play

[00:04:09] Sophie tucker

[00:04:10] Nat king cole

[00:04:12] Maurice chevalier

[00:04:17] And struggling young families finding their way

[00:04:22] Through those magical nights

[00:04:26] Those innocent nights

[00:04:30] Those magical nights

[00:04:34] At the chez