The First Five Words

[fjlumia]

Side by Side from Company

Its called a bowler hat

[Chris L]

Side by Side from Company

Its called a bowler hat

@fjlumia - I can't find the words "Time and again I've searched" anywhere in "Side by Side." Are you sure you're on the right lyric?

[MartinG]

Side by Side from Company

Its called a bowler hat

Nope sorry, as @Chris L suggests, that wasn't it.

Much older than that...

[Bobster]

Time and again I've searched...

Another hint?

[MartinG]

       Mea maxima culpa! So sorry everyone - promise that's the last time I play a hurried turn from memory without double-checking...

Should of course have been:

Time and again I've longed...

Apologies for wasting everyone's time.

[Chris L]

Time and again I've longed...

Hint, Martin?

[MartinG]

This is the opening of the verse, which perhaps isn't always sung, especially in the many jazz versions out there.

[valmont]

This is the opening of the verse, which perhaps isn't always sung, especially in the many jazz versions out there.

I don't think I've ever heard it sung.  Ever.  I love ya, but I feel compelled to say that I doubt this clue will jog anyone's memory.  I gave up and did a web search.  The song is very, very famous, and one of the most recorded in history.  I daresay there are few reading this who don't own at least one recording of it (I own several).

[Chris L]

As Martin points out, the verse is often left off of modern (i.e., Sinatra on) recordings, but it does sound familiar. More recent recordings often put it back in, so I'll listen to some Linda Ronstadt and Rod Stewart albums to see if I can catch it.

Time and again I've longed...

[MartinG]

Well another clue is that the lyrics are by someone Dearly Beloved of SJS...

I admit that lesser-known verses to songs from the Golden Age are a bit of a passion. My Dad and I have always enjoyed testing each other with them, but if you want to declare this a tad too obscure, @Chris L, I can offer an alternative 

[Chris L]

Well another clue is that the lyrics are by someone Dearly Beloved of SJS...

I admit that lesser-known verses to songs from the Golden Age are a bit of a passion. My Dad and I have always enjoyed testing each other with them, but if you want to declare this a tad too obscure, @Chris L, I can offer an alternative  

Maybe if you gave the first line following the verse (if it isn't a dead giveaway)...

[MartinG]

Fair enough 

You are the promised kiss... 

[Chris L]

"All the Things You Are" - Kern & Hammerstein

[valmont]

"All the Things You Are" - Kern & Hammerstein

Nudge

[Chris L]

Oh, right.

It might seem crazy what