These Foolish Things

Lyrics

[Intro] Oh will you never let me be? Oh will you never set me free? The ties that bound us, are still around us There's no escape that I can see And still those little things remain That bring me happiness or pain [Verse 1] A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces An airline ticket to romantic places [Chorus 1] And still my heart has wings These foolish things Remind me of you [Verse 2] A tinkling piano in the next apartment Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant [Chorus 2] A fairground's painted swings These foolish things Remind me of you [Bridge] You came, you saw, you conquered me When you did that to me I somehow knew that this had to be [Verse 3] The winds of March that make my heart a dancer A telephone that rings but who's to answer? [Chorus 3] Oh, how the ghost of you clings These foolish things Remind me of you [Verse 4] Gardenia perfume ling'ring on a pillow Wild strawberries only seven francs a kilo [Chorus 1] And still my heart has wings These foolish things Remind me of you [Album Version Verse 5] The park at evening when the bell has sounded The pier d'France with all the gulls around it [Chorus 4] The beauty that is spring These foolish things Remind me of you [Bridge] I know, that this, was bound to be These things have haunted me For you've entirely enchanted me [Verse 6] The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations Silk stockings thrown aside, dance invitations [Chorus 3] Oh, how the ghost of you clings These foolish things Remind me of you [Album Version Verse 8] First daffodils, and long excited cables And candle lights on little corner tables [Chorus 1] And still my heart has wings These foolish things Remind me of you [Verse 7] The smile of Garbo and the scent of roses The waiters whistling as the last bar closes [Chorus 5] The song that Crosby sings These foolish things Remind me of you [Bridge] How strange, how sweet, to find you still These things are dear to me That seem to bring you so near to me [Verse 8] The scent of smould'ring leaves, the wail of steamers Two lovers on the street who walk like dreamers [Chorus 3] Oh, how the ghost of you clings These foolish things Remind me of you [Outro] Just you