Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer - Two of a kind

Song "two of a kind" by Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer with the Billy May's big band.

La cançó "two of a kind" de Bobby Darin i Johnny Mercer amb la orquestra de Billy May.

Lyrics - Lletra:

Two of a kind
For your information
We're two of a kind

Two of a kind
It's my observation
We're two of a kind

Like peas in a pod
And birds of a feather
Alone or together you'll find
That we are two of a kind

What's so wrong thinkin' life is a song and reachin' for a star
And who's to say if we'll go the whole way - at least we got this far
Sharin' our lot, our fiddles and feons, we're two of an ilk
Say, what if we've got rare Chateaubriands or crackers and milk

Makin' it plain
Explainin' it fully
We're simila-la-larly inclined
Because we're two of a kind

Two of a kind
When he's out of rhythm, I'm singin' off key
(I never heard ya do that, John)
Say, never you mind, cause I'm stickin' with 'im, to C above C
(Ah, easy for me)
Oh, need we explain
When he warbles sweetly, I'm flat and completely behind
Because we're two of a kind

I get kicks when I meet the cute chicks who hang around his lair
And especially when they whisper to me, "Hey, honey, who's your dad?"

Two of a sort
Like two pomegranates from off the same tree
I'm with ya sport, whatever you plan it's-a goes double with me
(It's-a goes double with you, huh?) (Yeah!)
Yeah, I got a terrible thought
Most frightfully upsetting
And yet we are getting resigned
To being two of a kind

We're two of a kind
We like workin' single
Or workin' in twos
Keep us in mind, give us a jingle, we've got taps on our shoes
(We'll dance!)
We're both of us like, the Tower of Pisa
I'm-a lean-a like he's-a inclined
Because we're two of a kind
Because we're
Two of a kind

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Bobby
• Darin
• Johnny
• Mercer
• jazz
• swing
• crooner
• big
• band
• orchestra
• billy
• may

[hobokendago]

Off my favorite album of all time!

[bookworm1818]

Very nice! I always like to hear duets of the greats. Thanks for posting!

[LouiseLangPage]

Thanks so much for this!  Listening to Mercer and Darin singing Two of a Kind makes me so happy!

[clanker123456]

I grew up listening to this album. My dad played it all the time and I loved every song on it when I was just 12 years old.I still love it! It's a classic with 2 classy guys!

[Fl00xX]

What a shame great music get's lost in time because of disregarding.

:(

[bobeunie]

what a band-what a duet -wow, thanks

[lonaticc]

I wish somebody would post all the songs from this CD on YouTube!! Please!!

[gerdeen]

I never get tired of this song. Respectfully, I have a couple of corrections on the lyrics. Rather than "fiddles and feons," the phrase is "vittles and viands" or "victuals [pronounced vittles] and viands." These are old-fashioned words for food, hence the next lines. Also, "his lair" should be "this lad." I think "easy for me" should be "he's-a for me," another pseudo-Italian turn of phrase like some others in the song, but I'm not sure.