(Film Master) Russ Columbo with the Jimmy Grier Orchestra (Film Soundtrack) From the film "Wake Up And Dream". Columbo wrote this love song with Carole Lombard in mind. (Russ Columbo / Bernie Grossman / Jack Stern). Wake Up and Dream is a 1934 American musical film directed by Kurt Neumann, written by John Meehan Jr., and starring Russ Columbo, Roger Pryor, June Knight, Catherine Doucet, Henry Armetta and Andy Devine. It was released on October 1, 1934, by Universal Pictures.
Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolfo Colombo (January 14, 1908 – September 2, 1934), known as Russ Columbo, was an American baritone, songwriter, violinist and actor. He is famous for romantic ballads such as his signature tune "You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love" and his own compositions "Prisoner of Love" and "Too Beautiful For Words."
On Sunday, September 2, 1934, Columbo was shot under peculiar circumstances by his longtime friend, photographer Lansing Brown, while Columbo was visiting him at home. Brown had a collection of firearms and the two men were examining various pieces.
Lyrics:
Yo're like a lover's dream in the Spring
A song of the trees and the birds
All I can do is say it
Too beautiful for words
You're like a sweet refrain ever clear
A strain that the angels prefer
All I can do is play it
Too beautiful for words
Like the music of a Berlin or a Gershwin
Or even a moonlight serenade
Though I can't compare with Berlin or with Gershwin
To me you'll always be a perfect rhapsody
For you bring an inspiration to sing
A song that can never be heard
You're just a lovely love song
Too beautiful for words
(Orchestral Interlude)
Like the music of a Berlin or a Gershwin
Or even a moonlight serenade
Though I can't compare with Berlin or with Gershwin
To me you'll always be a perfect rhapsody
For you bring an inspiration to sing
A song that can never be heard
You're just a lovely love song
Too beautiful for words
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