I've Got the World on a String - Count Basie & His Orchestra

I got the world on a string, sittin' on a rainbow

Got a string around my finger, what a world, what a life

I’m in love.

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I got a song that I sing, I can make the rain go

Anytime I move my finger, lucky me, can’t you see?

I’m in love.

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Life is a beautiful thing, as long as I hold a string

I’d be a silly so and so, if I should ever let you go.

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I got the world on a string, sittin' on the rainbow

Got a string around my finger, what a life, what a world

I’m in love.

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(instrumental repeat of verse)

.. .

what a world, what a life

I’m in love.

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(instrumental repeat of verse)

.. .

lucky me, can’t you see?

That I’m in love.

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Life is a beautiful thing, as long as I hold a string

I’d be a silly so and so, if I should ever let you go.

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Oh!

I got the world on a string, sittin' on the rainbow

Got a string around my finger, what a world, what a life

I’m really in love.

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