Night Over Shanghai - Artie Shaw and His Orchestra & Helen Forrest

Night Over Shanghai Lyrics

Harry Warren (m), Johnny Mercer (l)
from the film "The Singing Marine" (1937)
Night over, Shanghai, moon on the rise,
Pale yellow faces with sad old eyes.
Nigh over shanghai, lips painted red
Smile from the windows, just overhead
Oh, where are the dreams gone up in smoke?
Where are the dream birds who never awoke?
They're gone like the driftwood, gone out of sight,
In the darkness, over Shanghai, in the night.
(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 20130

Lyrics Submitted by David Lyday