[00:00.00]It Should Have Been Me (& Dialog) (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953) - Ray Charles
[00:27.72]As I passed by
[00:29.91]A real fine hotel
[00:32.29]A chick walked out
[00:34.35]She sure looked swell
[00:36.66]I gave her the eye
[00:38.72]And started to carry on
[00:40.91]When a Cadillac cruised up
[00:42.41]And 'swish' she was gone
[00:44.60]It should've been me
[00:49.04]It should've been me
[00:52.72]You know it should've been me
[00:56.47]Driving that Cadillac
[01:03.35]A little later on
[01:05.66]A theater I passed
[01:07.72]I spotted another chick
[01:09.91]And did she have class
[01:11.84]I was all set
[01:14.29]To write her name in my book
[01:16.35]When her husband came up and gave me a
[01:18.79]Real dirty look
[01:20.35]It should've been me
[01:23.66]Don't you know it should've been me
[01:29.29]It should've been me
[01:32.16]To have been her chaperone
[01:39.47]When I got to the corner
[01:41.66]I saw a sharp cat
[01:43.72]With a 300 dollar suit on
[01:46.16]And a 100 dollar hat
[01:48.35]He was standing on the sidewalk
[01:50.22]By a dynaflow
[01:51.97]When a voice within said
[01:53.79]C'mon daddy let's go
[01:56.47]It should've been me
[02:01.40]It should've been me
[02:04.21]You know it should've been me
[02:08.83]Driving that dynaflow
[02:15.58]I ate a bowl of chili
[02:17.64]And I felt OK
[02:20.02]At least until I passed
[02:22.27]This fine Cafe
[02:24.21]I saw a guy eatin'
[02:27.61]A great big steak
[02:29.11]While a waitress stood by feedin' him
[02:31.99]Ice cream and cake
[02:32.99]It should've been me
[02:35.42]Yeah I want to tell
[02:36.99]You it should've been me
[02:40.55]You know it should've been me
[02:44.72]Eatin' ice cream and cake