This Nearly Was Mine

Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II, 1949

Triplicate sessions, Capitol Recording Studio B, Los Angeles CA - February 2016  

One dream in my heart
One love to be living for
One love to be living for
This nearly was mine.

One girl for my dream
One partner in paradise
This promise of paradise
This nearly was mine.

Close to my heart she came
Only to fly away
Only to fly as day flies
From moonlight.

Now, now I'm alone
Still dreaming of paradise
Still saying that paradise
Once nearly was mine.