The World Is Waiting To Waltz Again

Written for: Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Performer: John Payne (OUT-TAKE)
Lyric: Mack Gordon
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1941
Original publisher: Twentieth Century Music Corporation, rights controlled by Leo Feist, Inc.

Verse:

I see Vienna, no violins playing;
The music is through,
The blue Danube's blue.
I can see Holland, no windmills are turning,
The tulips know why
And wither and die;
There's Venice, but no gondoliers,
And the Seine is a river of tears;

Chorus:

The world is waiting to waltz again,
The way we all used to do;
The world is waiting for music and laughter
That always come after
The storm is through.
The feet that march to the beat of drums,
Will dance for joy when that great day comes;
When love returns to the hearts of all men,
The world will be waltzing again.