Story Behind The Song

This happened to me when I was 6 years old and had just come out of the orphanage. This was the first time any one had ever been kind to me, consequently it effected a dramatic positive change not only in the way I felt about myself, but the world around me.

Song Description

true story of the kindness of a famous actor and the life changing effect it had on a little girl...me

Lyrics

ME AND VAN AT THE COCONUT GROVE

(1ST VERSE)
HE WAS A SONG AND DANCE MAN
A LONG TIME AGO
AND FAMOUS IN THOSE DAYS
AS AN ACTOR IN PICTURE SHOWS

MARY LOU WAS A CHILD OF SIX
WITH NO IDEA OF HIS FAME
AN ORPHANAGE HAD BEEN HER HOME
AND MOVIES NOT IN HER GAME

(CHORUS)
NOW SHE SINGS ME AND VAN
AT THE COCONUT GROVE
ME AND VAN

(2ND VERSE)
ONE DAY SHE LEFT WITH A
FAMILY
ONE NIGHT THEY HAD DINNER OUT
AT THE COCONUT GROVE THEY
DINED
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS STORY'S
ABOUT

HER NEW AUNT WAS IN MOVIES
THE CAST AND CREW WERE THERE,
TOO
AND MR. VAN JOHNSON,
THE SONG AND DANCE MAN,
WAS SEATED BY LITTLE MARY LOU

(CHORUS)
ME AND VAN AT THE COCONUT
GROVE?
ME AND VAN

(3RD VRSE)
NOW HE TOOK A SHINE TO THAT
LITTLE RED HAIRED GIRL
TO THIS DAY SHE DOESN'T KNOW
WHY
BUT SHE'S NEVER FORGOTTEN HIS
KINDNESS
TO THAT CHILD SO TERRIBLY SHY

HE GAVE HER A SILVER DOLLAR
AND SAID
"GIVE THIS TO THE LEADER
OF THE BAND"
WHEN SHE DID, THE MUSIC BEGAN
AND HE TOOK HER BY THE HAND

(4TH VERSE)
THEN SCOOPING HER UP IN HIS
ARMS
HE DANCED HER AROUND THE ROOM WHILE THE BAND PLAYED?
AND THE PEOPLE SANG?
A SONG CALLED "MARY LOU"

THROUGH THE NIGHT SHE'D TUG
AT HIS SLEEVE
WITH BARELY A WHISPER TO HEAR
"CAN WE DO IT AGAIN" SHE'D
ASK.
"YOU BET"
AND THAT WONDERFUL SMILE
WOULD APPEAR

(CHORUS)
NOW SHE SINGS...
ME AND VAN AT THE COCONUT
GROVE?
ME AND VAN

(5TH VERSE)
SHE'D NEVER KNOWN SUCH
KINDNESS
WHAT A WONDROUS MEMORY IT WOVE
NO, SHE'LL NEVER FORGET
THAT SPECIAL NIGHT?
ME AND VAN AT THE COCONUT
GROVE

(CHORUS)
ME AND VAN AT THE COCONUT
GROVE?
ME AND VAN?
ME AND VAN?
YEAH
ME AND VAN

Playlist Creator	Playlist Name	Date Added
Mary Clever	My Top Songs	6/30/2008