Story Behind The Song
There is a certain magic in special places. New York, Paris, London... Like Harlem, there is a certain expectation that something will happen and you want to be there.
Song Description
This is an example of a so-called nostalgic rendition, true to the era. My personal intent was to just sing and play the way I like to hear it. stripped bare, alone on the stage...
| Song Length |
3:27 |
Genre |
Jazz - Standards, Jazz - Lounge |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Serene, Gloomy |
Subject |
Ghetto, Barrio, Searching for Love |
| Similar Artists |
Harry Connick Jr., Johnny Mathis |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1950 - 1959 |
| |
Lyrics
Harlem Nocturne
Deep music fills the night
Deep in the heart of Harlem
And tho' the stars are bright
The darkness is taunting me
Oh! what a sad refrain
A nocturne born in Harlem
That melancoly strain
Forever is haunting me
The melody clings
Around my heart strings
It won't let me go when I'm lonley
I hear it in dreams,
And somehow it seems
It makes me weep
And I can't sleep
An indigo tune
It sings to the moon
The lonesome refrain of a lover
The melody sighs
It laughs and it cries
A moan in blue that wails
The long night through
Tho' with the dawn it's gone
The melody lasts forever
For lonley hearts to learn
Of love in a Harlem Nocturne