Is That All There Is , Peggy Lee

Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller. 1969 I remember when I was a very little girl, our house caught on fire. I ll never forget the look on my father s face as he gathered me up in his arms and raced through the burning building out to the pavement. I stood there shivering in my pajamas and watched the whole world go up in flames. And when it was all over I said to myself, Is that all there is to a fire Is that all there is, is that all there is If that s all there is my friends, then let s keep dancing Let s break out the booze and have a ball If that s all there is And when I was 12 years old, my father took me to the circus, the greatest show on earth. There were clowns and elephants and dancing bears And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads. And as I sat there watching the marvelous spectacle I had the feeling that something was missing. I don t know what, but when it was over, I said to myself,