Name: It Might As Well Be Spring (1945)
Duration: P00H03M37S
Description: Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

It Might As Well Be Spring (1945)

from Younger Than Springtime by Michael Riddell

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Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

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[Verse]

The things I used to like
I don't like anymore,
I want a lot of other things
I've never had before.

It's just like mother says,
I sit around and mope,
Pretending I am wonderful,
And knowing I'm a dope!

[Refrain]

I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm,
I'm as jumpy as a puppet on a string.
I'd say that i had spring fever,
But I know it isn't spring.

I am starry eyed and vaguely discontented,
Like a nightingale without a song to sing.
Oh, Why should I have spring fever
When it isn't even spring?

I keep wishing I were somewhere else,
Walking down a strange new street,
Hearing words that I have never heard
From a man I've yet to meet.

I'm as busy as a spider spinning daydreams,
I'm as giddy as a baby on a swing,
I haven't seen a crocus or a rosebud
Or a robin on the wing.

But I feel so gay,
In a melancholy way,
That it might as well be spring...
It might as well be spring.

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from Younger Than Springtime, released November 21, 2018

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Riddell Productions Wellington, New Zealand

Riddell Productions was founded in 2014 by Stephen & Amanda Riddell.

Stephen is a folk singer-songwriter and sound engineer who plays piano, guitar and harmonica.

Amanda is a virtuosa guitarist and composer who enjoys playing show music from the golden age of Broadway. ... more

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