Written by: Jerry Herman
Comments: Written for the musical Mame.
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Lyrics:
Did he need a stronger hand?
Did he need a lighter touch?
Was I soft or was I tough?
Did I give enough?
Did I give too much?
At the moment that he needed me
Did I ever turn away?
Would I be there when he called
If he walked into my life today
Were his days a little dull?
Were his nights a little wild?
Did I overstate my plan?
Did I stress the man?
And forget the child.
And there must have been a million things.
That my heart forgot to say.
Would I think of one or two,
If he walked into my life today.
Should I blame the times I pampered him,
Or blame the times I bossed him;
What a shame!
I never really found the boy,
Before I lost him.
Were the years a little fast?
Was his world a little free?
Was there too much of a crowd?
All too lush and loud and not enough for me
Though I'll ask myself my whole life long,
What went wrong along the way;
Would I make the same mistakes
If he walked into my life today?
Singers:
1. Angela Lansbury May 24, 1966 (performance date) 2. Eydie Gorme (billboard adult contemporary) 1966 3. Tony Mottola 1966 4. The Doc Severinsen Sextet 1966 5. Nichelle Nichols 1967 6. Urbie Green and Twenty of the World's Greatest 1967 7. Nancy Wilson May 1967 8. The Lettermen December 1967 9. Scott Walker 1969 10. Salena Jones 1969 11. Lucille Ball 1974 12. Pia Zadora 1986 13. Johnny Costa 1992 14. Michael Feinstein with Jerry Herman October 22, 1993 15. Dakota Staton July 18, 1995 16. Emile Pandolfi 1996 17. New Trombone Collective 2010
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