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Harold Lane David was an American lyricist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York City. He was best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach and his association with Dionne Warwick. Wikipedia  

✵ 25. May 1921 – 1. September 2012
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Famous Hal David Quotes

“Mother told me always to follow the golden rule.
And she said it's really a sin to be mean and cruel.
So remember if you're untrue
Angels up in heaven are looking at you.”

Hal David

Song You'll Never Get To Heaven If You Break My Heart

“Are we meant to take more than we give
or are we meant to be kind?
And if only fools are kind, Alfie,
then I guess it's wise to be cruel.”

Hal David

Song Alfie

“What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
It's the only thing that there's just too little of.
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No not just for some but for everyone.”

Hal David

Song What the World Needs Now is Love (1965)

“I just don't know what to do with my time
I'm so lonesome for you it's a crime
Going to the movie only makes me sad
Parties make me feel as bad
When I'm not with you
I just don't know what to do”

Hal David

Song I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself

“On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue.”

Hal David

Song (They Long to be) Close to You

“The love of a girl can make a man stay on when he should go,Just tryin' to build a peaceful life where love is free to grow.”

Hal David

Song The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Hal David Quotes about love

“What do you get when you fall in love?
You only get lies and pain and sorrow
So, for at least, until tomorrow
I'll never fall in love again”

Hal David

Song I'll Never Fall In Love Again

“I walk along the city streets you used to walk along with me,
And every step I take recalls how much in love we used to be.
Oh, how can I forget you?
When there is always something there to remind me”

Hal David

Song Always Something There to Remind me

“Every time you go away, I always say
This time it's goodbye, dear
Loving you the way I do
I take you back, without you I'd die dear
Knowing I love you so.”

Hal David

Song Anyone Who Had A Heart

“Oh, I was only twenty four hours from Tulsa,
Ah, only one day away from your arms;
I hate to do this to you but I love somebody new, what can I do?
And I can never, never, never … go home again.”

Hal David

Song Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa

Hal David Quotes

“The way that we cheered whenever our team was scoring a touchdown,
The time that the floor fell out of my car when I put the clutch down.”

Hal David

Song Magic Moments

“Foolish pride
Is all that I have left, so let me hide
The tears and the sadness you gave me
When you said goodbye
Walk on by”

Hal David

Song Walk On By

“Day after day
There are girls at the office
And men will always be men.
Don't send him off with your hair still in curlers;
You may not see him again.”

Hal David

Song Wives and Lovers

“They mean a trip to Paris or Rome
To someone else but not for me.
The trains and boats and planes
Took you away, away from me.”

Hal David

Song Trains and Boats and Planes

“The man who shot Liberty Valance,
He was the bravest of them all.”

Hal David

Song The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

“Fame and fortune is a magnet.
It can pull you far away from home
With a dream in your heart you're never alone.
Dreams turn into dust and blow away
And there you are without a friend”

Hal David

Song Do You Know the Way to San Jose

“Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
Nothin' seems to fit”

Hal David

Song Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head

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