"World on a String" или "I've Got The World on a String" - популярная джазовая песня 1932 года, написанная Гарольдом Арленом, а слова написал Тед Келер. Она была написана для двадцать первого выпуска серии Cotton Club, который открылся 23 октября 1932 года, первым из парадов Cotton Club Parades. Песня стала одной из первых, записанных Фрэнком Синатрой, когда он перешел на Capitol Records в 1953 году.
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I've got the world on a string
Sittin' on a rainbow
Got that string around my finger
Lucky me
Can't you see, can't you see I'm in love, love?
I've got a song that I sing
I can make the rain go
Anytime I move my finger
Lucky me, can't you see, can't you see I'm in love?
Life is a beautiful thing
As long as I hold that string
I'd be a silly so-and-so
If I should ever let you go
I've got the world on a string (ah)
And I'm sittin' on a rainbow
Got that string around my finger (ah)
Lucky me
Can't you see, can't you see I'm in love?
Can't you see, can't you see I'm in love?
Love, love
Can't you see, can't you see I'm in love?
Love, love
Can't you see, can't you see I'm in love?
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Can't you see, can't you see I'm in love?
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Can't you see, can't you see I'm in love?
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"Gonna Build a Mountain"
"I've Got the World On a String"
"If You Go Away"
"That's Life"
"True Love Will Find You in the End"