A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening Johnny Mathis Words by Harold Adamson and Music by Jimmy McHugh This version did not chart but In 1944 Frank Sinatra hit # 11 with it and The Ink Spots managed # 16 From the film which was Sinatra's starring debut- "Higher and Higher"-also starring Mel Torme, Jack Haley, Michele Morgan, Leon Errol and Victor Borge INTRO: Some like a night at the movies Some like a dance or a show Some are content with an evening spent Home by the radio Some like to live for the moment Some like to just reminisce But whenever I have an evening to spend Just give me one like this This is a lovely way to spend an evening Can't think of anything I'd rather do This is a lovely way to spend an evening Can't think of anyone as lovely as you BRIDGE A casual stroll through a garden A kiss by a lazy lagoon Catching a breath of moonlight Humming our favorite tune This is a lovely way to spend an evening I want to save all my nights and spend them with you <instrumental-first two lines of BRIDGE> Catching a breath of moonlight Humming our favorite tune This is a lovely way to spend an evening I want to save all my nights and spend them with you