The Way You Look Tonight
Frank Sinatra Lyrics


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Someday, when I'm awfully low
When the world is cold
I will feel a glow just thinking of you
And the way you look tonight

Yes, you're lovely, with your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft
There is nothing for me but to love you
And the way you look tonight

With each word your tenderness grows
Tearin' my fear apart
And that laugh wrinkles your nose
Touches my foolish heart

Lovely, never, never change
Keep that breathless charm
Won't you please arrange it?
'Cause I love you
A-just the way you look tonight

And that laugh that wrinkles your nose
It touches my foolish heart

Lovely, don't you ever change
Keep that breathless charm
Won't you please arrange it?
'Cause I love you
A-just the way you look tonight





Mm-mm, mm-mm
Just the way you look tonight

Overall Meaning

The song "The Way You Look Tonight" by Frank Sinatra is a timeless classic that expresses the beauty and charm of a loved one. The opening lyric, "Someday, when I'm awfully low, when the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you," suggests that the person being sung to serves as a source of comfort and warmth in difficult times. The use of the word "glow" conjures up images of brightness and hope, which in turn connect back to the subject of the song - the way the person being sung to looks.


The second stanza highlights the physical features of the person, with descriptive language painting an intimate portrait of the smile and soft cheeks that make the subject so lovely. The lyrics "there is nothing for me but to love you" show that for the singer, physical beauty and love are inherently tied together. This connection is further highlighted in the line "with each word your tenderness grows, tearin' my fear apart," which links love to vulnerability and openness.


The closing stanza is a plea for the person not to change, to keep their "breathless charm" intact. The word choice here of "breathless" suggests that the singer is so taken with the person's beauty that it literally takes their breath away. The final repetition of the line "just the way you look tonight" reinforces the idea that this moment and this person are perfect and should be cherished.


Line by Line Meaning

Someday, when I'm awfully low
At some point when I'm feeling blue and down


When the world is cold
During a time when everything feels cold and dark


I will feel a glow just thinking of you
I'll feel warmth and happiness just remembering you


And the way you look tonight
Especially the way you appear right now


Yes, you're lovely, with your smile so warm
You're beautiful and kind, your smile is comforting and inviting


And your cheeks so soft
The softness of your cheeks is so endearing


There is nothing for me but to love you
I can't help but love you completely


And the way you look tonight
And especially the way you look at this moment


With each word your tenderness grows
Your gentleness and affection grows with every word you speak


Tearin' my fear apart
Breaking down my worries and fears


And that laugh wrinkles your nose
Your laughter is so genuine and infectious that it even causes your nose to wrinkle


Touches my foolish heart
It melts my foolish heart


Lovely, never, never change
You're beautiful exactly the way you are, please never change


Keep that breathless charm
Please keep that enchanting charm that leaves me breathless


Won't you please arrange it?
Could you please keep that charm and beauty around me?


'Cause I love you
Because I wholeheartedly love you


A-just the way you look tonight
Exactly the way you look right now


Mm-mm, mm-mm
An interjection meant to convey pleasure or contentment




Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern

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Mike


on The Lady Is A Champ

eight

She gets too hungry for dinner at eight
She can't eat late and stay up all night, because unlike society types, she has to get up in the morning.

She likes the theatre and never comes late
She cares more about seeing the play than being seen making an entrance.

She never bothers with people she'd hate
Her friends are friends, not social trophies.

Doesn't like crap games with barons or earls
While barrns and earls probably don't play craps, she associates with friends, not people to be seen with.

Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls
She doesn't "slum", the practice of the rich in the 30's, when the song was written, of touring poor neighborhoods dressed in rich clothes to "tut, tut" about the deplorable conditions, and congratulate each other for "caring about the poor"

Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
Doesn't trade gossip for acceptance among an in-crowd


She likes the free, fresh wind in her hair
She cares more about how her hair feels than conforming with current hair fashions

Hates California, it's cold and it's damp
Since most of California is noticeably warmer and / or drier than New York, where the play the song was written for is set, this is probably a facetious excuse to like what she likes.


And she won't go to Harlem in Lincoln's or Ford's
Another reference to slumming, but facetious, since Lincolns and Fords were middle-class, not luxury brands when the lyric was written

Anonymous


on Try a Little Tenderness

Here are the correct lyrics

Try A Little Tenderness - Frank Sinatra - Lyrics

Oh she may be weary
Women do get wearied
Wearing that same old shabby dress
And when she’s weary
You try a little tenderness

You know she’s waiting
Just anticipating things she’ll may never possess
While she is without them
Try just a little bit of tenderness

It’s not just sentimental
She has her grieve and her care
And the words that soft and gentle
Makes it easier to bear
You wont regret it
Women don't forget it
Love is their whole happiness
And it’s all so easy
Try a little tenderness

Musical Interlude

And, it’s all so easy
Try a little tenderness

Daniel


on The Way You Look Tonight

I met Frank Jr. in Las Vegas, a real gentleman. RIP you both.

Giorgi Khutashvili


on Theme from New York, New York

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