From the 1956 musical “My Fair Lady”.
Words by Alan Jay Lerner.
Music by Frederick Loewe.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Darling, there’s the tree you run to when it starts to rain
See the way it’s filled with bloom
And isn’t there a garland all around that window pane?
That could only be your room
This street is like a garden and your door a garden gate
What a lovely place to wait
Refrain
I have often walked down this street before;
But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before.
All at once am I several stories high.
Knowing I’m on the street where you live.
Are there lilac trees in the heart of town?
Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?
Does enchantment pour out of ev’ry door?
No, it’s just on the street where you live!
And oh, the towering feeling
Just to know somehow you are near.
The overpowering feeling
That any second you may suddenly appear!
People stop and stare, they don’t bother me.
For there’s no where else on earth that I would rather be.
Let the time go by, I won’t care if I
Can be here on the street where you live
Sung here by Vancha March: