"Almost Like Being in Love" — Lerner and Loewe's 1947 approximation.
Writer(s): lerner/loewe
What a day this has been
What a rare mood Im in
Why its almost like being in love
Theres a smile on my face
For the whole human race
Why its almost like being in love
All the music of life seems to be
(just) like a bell that is ringing for me
And from the way that I feel
When the bell starts to peel
I would swear I was falling, I could swear I was falling
- its almost like being in love
Знаете ли вы, что...
- From Brigadoon (1947). The "almost" — not quite a declaration but stronger than a disclaimer. The romantic uncertainty that is also a form of confession. Sinatra's swinging version making the almost sound more certain than any definitive statement would.