
The same thing and the sky is rust so you know Who’s outside or who owns the dog and then the skyĪnd someone’s mother, must be yours, saysĪnd then everybody else’s mother comes out and says Or neighborhood dogs bite those not from your neighborhoodĪnd someone with some sense says Down, Boy, Rust-not too red, not too orange-not fire or overnightĬhange in which children play till they tire You’re putting your hands together you’re on your feet-īecause you recognize a sound, like a light, Recognize the tune and before you know it,

To the Chief of Police, to give him somethingĪs I try to recall the light in Doris Day’s versionīut then you get back to the hook, you suddenly

This has nothing to do with driving a car.īut, instead, I tell myself to write a letter I’m here, in his town, with my Yankee tags. To Sly and his Family covering Doris’s hit, The Bicentennial, I got my first kiss that year, I feel like that song is both melancholy and hopeful.In my car, driving through Black Mountain, "It was written specifically for the film, and Doris Day hated the song, according to folklore," Lauderdale says. The film starred Doris Day, who sang the original version of "Whatever Will Be, Will Be."

Pink Martini's music director, Thomas Lauderdale, notes that this dippy tune comes from Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 movie, The Man Who Knew Too Much, which revolves around a kidnapped child.

That might be what "Que Sera Sera" has always deserved. "We take a song that is very familiar and completely turn it upside down and put it in and make it dark," she tells Steve Inskeep. Lead singer China Forbes explains the group's version of "Que Sera Sera" from the 1997 album, Sympathique: The group has a dozen players known for almost perfect musicianship, singing in many languages - and a slightly demented sense of humor. But Doris Day's "Que Sera Sera," as performed by Pink Martini, might make you feel downright blue. You probably know it as such a happy song.
