Frank Sinatra – Moon River

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Moon river wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style someday
You dream maker, you heartbreaker
Wherever you're going I'm going your way
Two drifters off to see the world

There's such a lot of world to see
We're after the same rainbows end
Waiting round the band
My huckleberry friend, moon river
And me

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Track duration: 03:22

"Moon River" as written by Mercer/mancini

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    General Comment:I'm a Gen Y (28 yrs old) and yet I'm deeply touched with this song.
    I wish there are more music like this, today's music scene is so superficial, which is sad.
    Flag dinkoton July 28, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song represents a very classic drama, that of people who leave home, which is typically a small place, to search for fame, fortune and happiness in bigger places, to never be able to return or ever feel at home anywhere. Holly herself is a tragic character, so beautiful and glamorous, surrounded by reach people and celebrities, drifting in and out of her life, always fascinated with her, never loving her. In the book she actually doesn't end up with the poor writer, they are just friends and she sends him a postcard from buenos aires one day, so basically she keeps drifting in these strange circles to never find home again.
    Flag mariaralucaon May 11, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Lyrics correction:
    "Oh, dream maker" should be
    "Old dream maker".

    Also, I don't get the exclamation mark at the end, but that's a matter of taste I guess.

    Beautiful lyrics, so you gotta be careful with them!
    Flag perry79on March 27, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I love Audrey Hepburn singing it! It's ironic because my mom loved Audrey Hepburn and she named me after her, and I totally love Audrey too!!
    Flag AudreyDeanna287on May 21, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:My favorite song when I was about nine years old - nearly 40 yeas ago! - and still absolutely beautiful.
    Flag jimqukon July 05, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I'm crossing you in style
    Flag noppadollaon May 08, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:This song is so special to me.This song is me and my Mom's song since I have been a little girl.And I always knew the song and the sort of the lyrics but now when I hear it its sort makes more sense to me;Because my Mom was a single Mother ANd now I am a single mom and it seems to be fit in well with me and my son also.When the world is against us we are together crossing the river in style...where ever we is going I am going the same way two driffters off to see the world....its an amazing song doenst matter who sings it....
    Flag Sasson February 20, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:do you know there was a critic who said that the film would be a lot better if they got rid of "that damn song"? well, it just so happens that "that damn song" is right on this page. the critic? well...
    Flag classicsfanon February 15, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i love this song! and i thought audrey hepburn sang it beautifully in Breakfast at Tiffanys
    Flag tasha_kon June 09, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i loved when Audrey Hepburn sung this in Breakfast at Tiffany's, how amazing.
    Flag lack of coloron March 26, 2006   Link

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