Story Behind The Song
The slow stride of Jimmy Durante's version of "Make Someone Happy" inspired this song, which started out as a slow tune. We spiced it up, a la Louis Prima.
Song Description
Waiting for the girl to be available can be unbearable-- too sad, too much and too long. We find out in this song that too good isn't too good when it's too good to be true.
| Song Length |
2:42 |
Genre |
Jazz - Swing, Jazz - Standards |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Cheerful, In High Spirits |
Subject |
Attracted, Crush, Madly In Love |
| Similar Artists |
Harry Connick Jr., Frank Sinatra |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1950 - 1959 |
| |
Lyrics
Too much
Isn?t too much
When it comes to much of you
Too good
Isn?t too good
When it?s too good to be true
It?s just too sad
But if I had
To go out on a limb
I?d have to say
He?s just to satisfy a whim
Too bad
Isn?t too bad
When it means too bad for him
You say it won?t
Be too long now
That love affair is through
But too long?s too long
When I have to long for you
And too good
Isn?t too good
When it?s too good to be true
You say it won?t
Be too long now
That love affair is through
But too long?s too long
When I have to long for you
And too good isn?t too good
When it?s too long, then it?s too sad
And it?s too much, so it?s too bad
When it?s too good
To be true