ANDY WILLIAMS - DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES

THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES

ANDY WILLIAMS

SONGWRITERS: HENRY MANCINI & JOHNNY MERCER

ALBUM: DAYS OF WINW AND ROSES

LABEL: COLUMBIA

GENRE: EASY LISTENING

YEAR: 1963

"Days of Wine and Roses" is a popular song, from the 1962 movie of the same name.

The music was written by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. They received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for their work. In 2004 it finished at #39 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.

The song is composed of two sentences, one for each stanza. They are each sung as three lines.

The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at play

Through a meadow land toward a closing door

A door marked "nevermore" that wasn't there before

The lonely night discloses just a passing breeze filled with memories

Of the golden smile that introduced me to

The days of wine and roses and you

(The lonely night discloses) just a passing breeze filled with memories

Of the golden smile that introduced me to

The days of wine and roses and you-oo-oo