Me and My Shadow

Me and My Shadow es una canción de 1927 escrita y compuesta por Al Jolson, Billy Rose y Dave Dreyer que ha tenido numerosas versiones, entre las más famosas se encuentra la que hicieron en 1962 Frank Sinatra junto a Sammy Davis Jr. En 2001 Robbie Williams hizo otra gran versión junto a Jonathan Wilkes que aparecía en su álbum de versiones Swing When You´re Winning rindiendo un merecido y espléndido homenaje al Rat Pack. A veces, las nuevas versiones superan a las clásicas, convirtiéndose en clásicos igualmente por méritos propios, y este es un gran ejemplo de ello.

Like the wallpaper sticks to the wall

Like the seashore clings to the sea

Like you'll never get rid of your shadow

You'll never get rid of me

Let all the others fight and fuss

Whatever happens, we've got us.

Me and my shadow

We're closer than pages that stick in a book

We're closer than ripples that play in a brook

Strolling down the avenue

Wherever you find him, you'll find me, just look

Closer than a miser or the bloodhounds to Liza

Me and my shadow

We're closer than smog when it clings to L.A.

We're closer than Bobby is to J.F.K.

Not a soul can bust this team in two

We stick together like glue

And when it's sleeping time

That's when we rise

We start to swing

Swing to the skies

Our clocks don't chime

What a surprise

They ring-a-ding-ding!

Happy New Year!

Me and my shadow

And now to repeat what I said at the start

They'll need a large crowbar to break us apart

We're alone but far from blue

Before we get finished, we'll make the town roar

We'll make all the late spots, and then a few more

We'll wind up at Jilly's right after Toot's Shore

Life is gonna be we-wow-whee!

For my shadow and me!

Before we get finished, we'll make the town roar

We'll make all the late spots, and then a few more

We'll wind up at Jilly's right after Toot's Shore

Life is gonna be we-wow-whee!

For my shadow and me!