Have You Met Miss Jones? - Lyrics - Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer, described by music critic Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."

It happened; I felt it happened I was awake--I wasn't blind I didn't think; I felt it happened Now I believe in matter over mind And now you see we mustn't wait The nearest moment that we marry is too late "Have you met Miss Jones?" Someone said as we shook hands She was just Miss Jones to me Then I said, "Miss Jones You're a girl who understands I'm a boy who must be free" And all at once I lost my breath And all at once was scared to death And all at once I hold the earth and sky Now I met Miss Jones And well keep on meeting till we die Miss Jones and I