I’ve dreamed my dreams in blues and grays Happy timeless yesterdays The blues in sea and Lady Day Ellington and Hemingway Candlelight and Courvoisier Where did the magic go? I loved the age when movie stars Had fancy furs and foreign cars Spencer playing Katherine’s beau Bogie in a gangster role Fred and Ginger dancing slow Where did the magic go? Where did the magic go, my friend Since that lovely time When Rodgers found a melody And Hart made up the rhyme Walking miles through the snow To hold that one girl’s hand When life was all illusion All illusion grand But now there’s too much empty space Too little style, too little grace Louis’ sound cannot be found Byrd and Tatum aren’t around And who remembers Dorsey’s sound Where did the magic go? We gathered at the Avalon To hear the late great tunes And Francis Albert sang to us In lonely dark saloons Gershwin played his Rhapsody Garbo spoke a line Ella gave us ballads By Kahn and Jule Styne The lights have dimmed on names I’ve know The stage is dark, the dreams have flown The memories of songs by Bing Benny was the King of Swing Basie on a one-night stand Artists dream by Kenton’s band I remember everything And great music never dies These were moments through the years The sounds that brought us joy and tears I remember every scene We’ll never let it go This magic that’s in our souls, my friend When magic is in your soul, my friend This magic will never die