Here’s To Life

For this blog’s Video Showcase we have the beautiful song Here’s To Life. Dame Shirley recorded it on the Hello Like Before album last year but has sang it also on numerous occasions during here live performances over the years. The song was originally sung by Shirley Horn and below there is a wonderful video of her singing it live.

Lyrics:

No complaints and no regrets
I still believe in chasing dreams and placing bets
But I have learned that all you give is all you get
So give it all you’ve got

I had my share, I drank my fill
And even though I’m satisfied, I’m hungry still
To see what’s down another road, beyond a hill
And do it all again

So here’s to life
And every joy it brings
So here’s to life
To dreamers and their dreams

Funny how the time just flies
How love can go from warm hellos to sad goodbyes
And leave you with the memories you’ve memorized
To keep your winters warm

But there’s no yes in yesterday
And who knows what tomorrow brings, or takes away
As long as I’m still in the game, I want to play
For laughs, for life, for love

So here’s to life
And every joy it brings
So here’s to life
To dreamers and their dreams
May all your storms be weathered
And all that’s good get better

Here’s to life
Here’s to love
And here’s to you

The video on the top is from a live performance in Manchester by Dame Shirley from 2006 and of course below that one the studio version from the Hello Like Before album.