Alan Jay Lerner
Playwright/lyricist Alan Jay Lerner
was born into a wealthy New York
City retailing family.
His professional association with
Frederick Loewe started in 1942
when they teamed up to write
"Life of the Party". Their first
Broadway success was the 1947
musical fantasy "Brigadoon" which
was translated to film in 1954.
Lerner adapted the work for the
screen and earned two Oscars as the
screenplay writer for "An American
In Paris" (1951) and "Gigi" (1958),
and a Grammy for "On a Clear Day
You Can See Forever". Lerner and
Loewe parted company in 1962
following the success of "Camelot".
Lerner's last musical, "Dance a
Little Closer", was written with
Charles Strouse in 1983.
Frederick Loewe
His first collaboration with Alan Jay Lerner was a 1942 musical adaptation of the farce "The Patsy", called "The Life of the Party"; it was written for a Detroit stock theatre company. He has won three Tony Awards, all in collaboration with Alan Jay Lerner: two in 1957 for "My Fair Lady," as Best Composer and for his music as part of a Best Musical win; and one in 1974 for Gigi" as Best Score, his music with Lerner's lyrics.

Almost Like Being In Love

Words & music by:-
Alan J Lerner & Frederick Loewe

Maybe the sun gave me the power,
For I could swim Loch Lomond and be home in half an hour.
Maybe the air gave me the drive,
For I'm all aglow and alive.

What a day this has been! What a rare mood I'm in!
Why, it's almost like being in love!
There's a smile on my face for the whole human race!
Why, it's almost like being in love!

All the music of life seems to be
Like a bell that is ringing for me!
And from the way that I feel when that bell starts to peal,
I could swear I was falling, I would swear I was falling,
It's almost like being in love.

When we walked up the brae,
Not a word did we say,
It was...almost like being in love.
But your arm linked in mine made the world kind of fine.
It was...almost like being in love!

All the music of life seems to be
Like a bell that is ringing for me!
And from the way that I feel when that bell starts to peal,
I could swear I was falling,
I would swear I was falling
It's almost like being in love!

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