At Last

Written for: Sun Valley Serenade (1941); Orchestra Wives (1942)
Performer: Glenn Miller Orch. (Instrumental) (SVS); Studio Orchestra (Instrumental) (SVS); Glenn Miller Orch. with Pat Friday & John Payne (OUT-TAKE) (SVS); Glenn Miller Orch. with Ray Eberle & Pat Friday (OW); Etta James (1961)
Lyric: Mack Gordon
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1941
Original publisher: Twentieth Century Music Corporation, rights controlled by Leo Feist, Inc.

Verse 1:

I was never spellbound by a starry sky,
What is there to moonglow when love has passed you by?
Then there came a midnight, and the world was new;
Now here am I so spellbound, darling,
Not by stars, but just by you;

Chorus:

At last my love has come along,
My lonely days are over,
And life is like a song.
At last the skies above are blue,
My heart was wrapped in clover
The night I looked at you.
I found a dream that I can speak to,
A dream that I can call my own;
I found a thrill to press my cheek to,
A thrill I've never known.
You smiled and then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven,
For you are mine at last.

Verse 2 (from British sheet music):

Time in idle fancies I'd no wish to spend,
They're not real romances, for all too soon they end.
Now your love has crowned me with a joy divine,
For in the very hour I met you,
Something told this heart of mine:

[Chorus]