8 Best Matt Monro Funeral Songs

From Russia, I fly to you,
Much wiser since my goodbye to you.
I've traveled the world to learn,
I must return from Russia with love.

I've seen places, faces, and smiled for a moment,
But, oh, you haunted me so.
Still, my tongue tied, young pride,
Would not let my love for you show.
In case you'd say, "No."

To Russia, I flew, but there and then,
I suddenly knew you'd care again.
My running around is through,
I fly to you from Russia with love.

From Russia, I flew, but there and then,
I suddenly knew you'd care again.
My running around is through,
I fly to you from Russia with love.

She walks like an angel walks,
She talks like an angel talks,
And her hair has a kind of curl
To my mind, she's my kind of girl.

She's wise like an angel's wise,
With eyes like an angel's eyes,
And her smile is a kind of pearl
To my mind, she's my kind of girl.

Little girl, let me kiss you,
Let me hold you tight,
And if only for one night, baby,
I wouldn't mind.

She looks like an angel looks,
She cooks like an angel cooks,
And my mind's in a kind of whirl
To my mind, she's my kind of girl.

On days like these, I wonder what became of you,
Maybe today you're singing songs with someone new.
I'd like to think you're walking by those willow trees,
Remembering the love we knew on days like these.

On days like these, I wonder what became of you,
Maybe today you're smiling like a Cheshire cat.
Creep into a memory of those lazy afternoons,
The time we spent, secure in knowing me and you.

Every stormy cloud that appears in our sky,
Reminds me of the moment our love said goodbye.
Every raindrop that falls echoes the pain in my heart,
As the tears that I've cried for you and me keep us apart.

On days like these, when skies are blue and fields are green,
I look around and think about the might-have-been.
But what could I do?
I loved you and I'm lost,
That's why I sing this song.

On days like these, I wonder what became of you,
Maybe today you're living out your dreams somewhere.
I hope you're happy, babe, wherever you may be,
But, oh, how I wish you still belonged to me.

There could never be a portrait of my love
For nobody could paint a dream
You will never see a portrait of my love
For miracles are never seen

Anyone who sees her
Soon forgets the Mona Lisa
It would take, I know, a Michelangelo
And he would need the glow of dawn

That paints the sky above
To try and paint a portrait of my love

It would take, I'm sure, a Michelangelo
And he would need the glow of dawn
That paints the sky above
To try and paint a portrait of my love

Softly, I will leave you softly
For my heart would break if you should wake and see me go
So I leave you softly, long before you miss me
Long before your arms can beg me to stay

For one more hour or one more day
After all the years, I can't bear the tears to fall
So, softly as I leave you there

Softly, long before you kiss me
Long before your arms can beg me to stay
For one more hour or one more day
After all the years, I can't bear the tears to fall
So, softly as I leave you there
As I leave you there
As I leave you there

An angry silence stayed where love had been
And in your eyes a look I've never seen
If I had found the words you might have stayed
But as I turned to speak, the music played

As lovers danced their way around the floor
I suddenly watched you walk towards the door
I heard a friend of yours suggest you stay
And as you took his hand, the music played

Across the darkened room the fatal signs I saw
We'd been something more than friends before
Well, I was hurting you by clinging to my pride
He had been waiting and I drove him to your side

I couldn't say the things I should have said
Refused to let my heart control my head
But I was made to see the price I paid
And as he held you close, the music played

And as I lost your love, the music played

Yesterday
All my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly
I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly

Why she had to go, I don't know
She wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday
Love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

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