Red Sails In the Sunset
-Artist: Nat King Cole
-peak Billboard position # 24 in 1951
-Words by Jimmy Kennedy and Music by Hugh Williams
-previously charted in 1935 by Bing Crosby (#1), Guy Lombardo (also # !),
-Mantovani (#3), and Jack Jackson (# 13)
-previously charted in 1936 by Louis Armstrong (#15)
-subsequently charted by Tab Hunter in 1957 (#57), The Platters in 1960 (#36)
-and by Fats Domino in 1963 (#35).
{Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
{She sailed at the dawning, all day I've been blue}
Red sails in the sunset, I'm trusting in you
Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more
{Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more
{Red sails in the sunset}
Way out on the sea (ooh-wee-ooh, wee-ooh)
Oh, carry my loved one
{Home safely to me}
{bracketed words are sung by Nat in unison with background singers}
(words in parentheses are sung by background singers only)
Transcribed by Robin HoodI see you walking down the street
I catch your eye before we meet
But you look down to check your feet
I wish I'd say 'Are you okay?
You're looking better everyday'
But I just smile and walk away
Why did two lovers
End up like strangers
When did we stop seeing eye to eye
Everyday
You took my breath away
But now there's no reply
Only hi, goodbye
Like a dream come true
When it was me and you
Now I just don't know why
We say hi and
Hi and goodybe
Hi and goodbye
I know it sounds like a cliché
But when I pass our old café
It almost feels like yesterday
(like yesterday)
We shared a blanket in the cold
To give a promise made of gold
We had a deal through heart and soul
Why did two lovers
End up like strangers
When did we stop seeing eye to eye
Everyday
You took my breath away
But now there's no reply
Only hi, goodbye
Like a dream come true
When it was me and you
Now I just don't know why
We say hi and
Hi and goodybe
I remember the way
We always had words to say
And nothing could tear us apart
I knew you by heart
We were eye to eye (eye to eye)
Now we're only hi and goodbye
(low wisper): hi & goodbye
Everyday
You took my breath away
But now there's no reply
Only hi, goodbye
Like a dream come true
When it was me and you
Now I just don't know why
We say hi and
Hi and goodybe
Everyday
You took my breath away
But now there's no reply
Only hi, goodbye
Like a dream come true
When it was me and you
Now I just don't know why
We say hi and
Hi and goodybe
Hi and goodbye good(bye)
Hi and goodbye
Hi and goodbye
Oooooooooohhhhh
Hi and goodbye
(goodbye)