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Make Me Rainbows

Artist: Count Basie & Ella Fitzgerald

Album: A Perfect Match

Song Length: 3:24

George's Thoughts: Nice piece with Ella's classic buttery smooth flavoring. Great dance song. The version on Casa Musica's "The Ballroom Mix" features vocals by Vic Damone, but it's actually too slow for competition use. The Vic Damone version also appears on "The Ultimate Ballroom Album 4" with a tempo of 29bpm.

Song Lyrics:

Make me rainbows,
make me spring in the snow,
make me beautiful music wherever I go.

Make me unwind, leave behind rhyme and reason
make me a room where I'll bloom out of season

Make me sunsets, paint our names in the sky,
let your arms be my wings and together we'll fly.
Don't let me fall dear, I'm all I can be.

Make me some rainbows,
star-spangled rainbows,
please make those rainbows for me.

Make me sunsets, paint our names in the sky,
let your arms be my wings and together we'll fly.
Don't let me fall dear, I'm all I can be.

Make me some rainbows,
star-spangled rainbows,
please make those rainbows for me.