“Look at me
I’m as helpless as a kitten up a
tree
And I feel like I’m clinging to a
cloud
I can’t understand
I get misty just holding your hand
Walk my way
And a thousand violins begin to
play
Or it might be the sound of your
hello
That music I hear
I get misty the moment you’re
near….”
~ “Misty”
~ “Misty” is a jazz standard
written in 1954 by pianist Erroll Garner, and lyrics by Johnny Burke were added
later. It became the signature song of Johnny Mathis, appearing on his 1959
album “Heavenly.” Artists recording versions include Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha
Franklin, Frank Sinatra and Sarah Vaughn.
“Misty” was part of the soundtrack
of the 1971 film “Play Misty For Me,” starring and directed by the wonderful
Clint Eastwood in his directorial debut.
The mist rolls through a hillside
after a summer rain shower on a steamy early September evening at Trexler Nature
Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.
