Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
Japanese Sandman
Won't you stretch imagination for the moment and come with meLet us hasten to a nation lying over the western seaHide behind the cherry blossoms here's a sight that will please your eyesThere's a baby with a lady of Japan singing lullabiesNight winds breath her sighs here's the JapaneseJust as silent as we came we'll leave the land of the painted fanWander lightly or you'll wake the little people of old JapanMay repose and pleasant dreaming be their share while the hours are smallLike an echo of the song I hear the Japanese SandmanCall new days near for all here's the JapaneseSandman sneaking on with the dew just an old second hand manHe'll buy your old day from youHe will take every sorrow of the day that is throughAnd he'll give you tomorrow just to start a life anewThen you'll be a bit older in the dawn when you wakeAnd you'll be a bit bolder with the new day you makeHere's the Japanese Sandman trade him silver for goldJust an old second hand man trading new days for old.
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"Japanese Sandman" as written by Raymond Egan, Richard Whiting
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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