"Laura" — David Raskin's film noir melody, Mercer's poetic lyric.
Writer(s): david raksin - johnny mercer
Laura is the face in the misty lights
Footsteps that you hear down the hall
The (love) that floats on a summer night
That you can never quite recall
And you see laura on a train that is passing through
Those eyes how familiar they seem
She gave your very first kiss to you
That was laura but shes only a dream
She gave your very first kiss to you
That was laura
But shes only a dream
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- Written by David Raksin (score, 1944) and Johnny Mercer (lyric, 1945) for the film Laura. The melody was composed in a weekend after Raksin refused to use "Sophisticated Lady." Mercer's lyric — the haunting face that appears wherever you look — matched the film's obsessive quality.