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The Sweetest Sounds

Richard Rodgers
This song was written to open the 1962 Broadway musical No Strings, for Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley. Rodgers wrote the lyrics for the songs in this show himself.
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The Sweetest Sounds Lyrics

[BARBARA]
The sweetest sounds I'll ever hear
Are still inside my head
The kindest words I'll ever know
Are waiting to be said
The most entrancing sight of all
Is yet for me to see
And the dearest love in all the world
Is waiting somewhere for me
Is waiting somewhere, somewhere for me

The sweetest sounds I'll ever hear
Are still inside my head
The kindest words I'll ever know
Are waiting to be said
The most entrancing sight of all
Is yet for me to see
And the dearest love in all the world
Is waiting somewhere for me
Is waiting somewhere, somewhere for me

[DAVID]
The sweetest sounds I'll ever hear
Are still inside my head
The kindest words I'll ever know
Are waiting to be said
The most entrancing sight of all
Is yet for me to see
And the dearest love in all the world
Is waiting somewhere for me
Is waiting somewhere, somewhere for me
[BARBARA]
Somewhere for me

[DAVID AND BARBARA]
The sweetest sounds I'll ever hear
Are still inside my head
The kindest words I'll ever know
Are waiting to be said
The most entrancing sight of all
Is yet for me to see
And the dearest love in all the world
Is waiting somewhere for me
Is waiting somewhere, somewhere for me

[DAVID]
Is waiting somewhere

[DAVID AND BARBARA]
Somewhere for me

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This song was written to open the 1962 Broadway musical No Strings, for Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley. Rodgers wrote the lyrics for the songs in this show himself.

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Yes, it’s the opening number of his musical No Strings.

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