"Angel Eyes" — Matt Dennis's most haunting creation.
Writer(s): dennis/brent
Hey drink up all you people
Order anything you see
And have fun you happy people
The laugh and the drinks on me
Try to think that loves not around
Still its uncomfortably near
My poor old heart aint gaining any ground
Because my angel eyes aint here
Angel eyes, that old devil sent
They glow unbearably bright
Need I say that my loves mispent
Mispent with angel eyes tonight
So drink up all of you people
Order anything you see
And have fun you happy people
The drink and the laughs on me
Pardon me but I got to run
The facts uncommonly clear
I got to find whos now the number one
And why my angel eyes aint here
Excuse me while I disappear
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- Written by Matt Dennis and Earl Brent in 1946. Sinatra's Capitol recording with Nelson Riddle (from the Only the Lonely sessions, 1958) ends famously with Sinatra extinguishing a cigarette at the microphone — a theatrical touch that became legendary.