A popular song from 1920
Words by Robert Levenson
Music by Edwin Bernard
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. I’ve been reading books by the score
Searching for one I prize, dear
But there’s none that teaches me more
Than your shining eyes, dear
They hold such a spell
Oh! what tales they tell
Chorus:
In your eyes, I can read a story
Sometimes it’s sad, and sometimes glad
When you’re blue, I see the teardrops gleaming
When you’re glad, I see the love light beaming
In your eyes, I can see a promise
Of a future paradise
I can read things you don’t dare to tell me
In your eyes, your wonderful eyes
2. How I wish that I could but write
So I could write a book, dear
Telling of the wonderful things
I see in your look, dear
Just a single glance puts me in a trance