Kimiko Kasai with Herbie Hancock - Tell Me A Bedtime Story (Butterfly, 1979)

Kimiko Kasai with Herbie Hancock - Tell Me A Bedtime Story (Butterfly, 1979)

Lyrics?

tell me a bedtime story daddy
tell me a bedtime story now

once upon a time, a little girl i knew
wanted nursery rhymes
read in bed unto
just like you

tired from having fun
playing in the rain
and they pushed the sun aside and took her afternoon away
then she turned to say

tell me a bedtime story daddy
tell me a bedtime story now

so she saw her dreams
underneath her eyes
animals and kings, ice cream, the park
and clowns with tambourines chasing butterflies

tell me a bedtime story daddy
tell me a bedtime story now

little angel dont you worry
i've a special bedtime story
life is love and love is glory
we had you so it must be true

-solo-

???
breathe so sweet and mild
daddy tucked her in and touched her skin
and thought this is my child
inside his smile

???
gently close the door
tell himself oh lord i know what all of this is for
and there'll be more

tell me a bedtime story daddy
tell me a bedtime story now
(repeat)

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[acidbearboy]

@rvdpadt

Have put my best guess in the info section, just a couple of lines after the solo I can't quite make out.

However, as Herbie Hancock's original version of this track was instrumental, it seems to be cool to just make up your own words. Check out other covers by Norman Conners and Sylvia Gordon, both of which have unique lyrics.

Quincy Jones has also done a nice arrangement of it too.

[ashasobihonnoji]

Is this version where the lyrics come from or did another vocalist work on them with Herbie, first?

[rvdpadt]

@acidbearboy Thanks! I'll see what I can make of it... :)

[rvdpadt]

Does anyone have the lyrics of this? I'm trying to write them down for my band, but am unable to hear them all.

For example:

Once upon a time

A little kid a knew

Wanted..... ?

Read at bedtime too

The same counts for what she says after herbie's solo at 3:23...

[rvdpadt]

@quicktolisten I thought so too, to 'hear the lyrics', but I really don't understand most of what she says. But I'm hoping to play this with a band, so I do want to know the lyrics. Any help? like what does she say at 3:23 after the solo? No clue...

[storiedevereaux]

pretty damn sexy.  <3

[IRONMANHONDO87]

I don't know. But his version reminds of Hiroshima with Herbie Hancock. Not that it happened, but it's a great "what if." This is a very nice effort. And the fact that Herbie is included makes it that much batter a tune. Very smooth jazz.

[Gonzales19590202]

いいねぇ～♪　うぅ～、なんともいえません＾＾　だれが作詞したのかな？

[AleekahTV]

sublime bass line. niceee

[xplanetstudio]

Lovely Kimiko with H.H. so good.