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A Foggy Day (1937)

Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
George Gershwin

I was a stranger in the city
Out of town were the people I knew
I had that feeling of self-pity
What to do? What to do? What to do?
The outlook was decidedly blue
But as walked through the foggy streets alone
It turned out to be the luckiest day I've known

A foggy day in London town
Had me low and had me down
I viewed the morning with such alarm
The British Museum had lost its charm

How long I wondered could this thing last
But the age of miracles hadn't past
For suddenly I saw you there
And through foggy London town
The sun was shining everywhere

(bridge)

A foggy day in London town
Had me low, had me down
I viewed the morning with such alarm
The British Museum had lost its charm

How long I wondered could this thing last
But the age of miracles hadn't past
For suddenly I saw you there
And through foggy London town
The sun was shining upside down

First appeared in the film A Damsel in Distress with Fred Astaire

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