As the long-delayed spring arrives, and the close of the semester approaches, it’s time to feel a bit care free (at least until it’s time to grade exams). So what could be a better Sunday song lyric than “Devil May Care” by Bob Dorough? This song, most recently recorded by Diana Krall, seems appropriate for this time of year (and should not be confused with the Frank Sinatra song of the same name.Here are the lyrics:
No cares for me
I’m happy as I can be
I’ve learned to love and to live
Devil may careNo cares and woes
Whatever comes later goes
That’s how I’ll take and I’ll give
Devil may careWhen the day is through, I suffer no regrets
I know that he who frets, loses the night
For only a fool, thinks he can hold back the dawn
He who is wise never tries to revise what’s past and goneLive love today, let come tomorrow what may
Don’t even stop for a sigh, it doesn’t help if you cry
That’s how I’ll live and I’ll die
Devil may care
For those readers still thinking “Who in the world is Bob Dorough?” in addition to a jazz vocalist, song-writer, and musician, he’s one of the musicians and vocalists from “Schoolhouse Rock.” That alone should make him worthy of a Sunday song lyric.
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