Days Of Wine
And Roses
by Henry Mancini

“ Days Of Wine And Roses ” is a popular song, from the 1962 movie of the same name. The music was written by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. They received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for their work,[1] as well as the 1964 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. In 2004 it finished at #39 in AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.

Lyrics

Days Of Wine And Roses

The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at play
Through the meadow land toward a closing door
A door marked “nevermore” that wasn’t there before

The lone-ly night discloses just a passing breeze filled with memories
Of the golden smile that introduced me to
The days of wine and roses and you

The days of wine and roses
[more instrumental-rest of the first verse]

The lonely – the night discloses just a passing breeze filled with memories
Of the golden smile that introduced me to
The days of wine and roses and you

Songwriters: Henry N. Mancini / Johnny Mercer