Night Over Shanghai

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