Today’s song of the day was the second James Bond theme song to receive an Oscar nomination, Carly Simon’s Nobody Does It Better. It’s a song that I’m picking for today because, in 2025, nobody is going to do it better than the crew here at the Shattered Lens!
Add to that, it’s just a really good song and a great way to start of the New Year. This is one of the few songs that I can sing, though not as well as Carly Simon. Still, there was one summer night when I totally slayed this song during karaoke night at Grandpa Tony’s. The audience was full of drunk yankees who were in Dallas for some sort of pharmaceutical convention and they loved me!
Here is Carly Simon performing today’s song of the day.
Nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby, you’re the best
I wasn’t lookin’ but somehow you found me
I tried to hide from your love light
But like heaven above me
The spy who loved me
Is keepin’ all my secrets safe tonight
And nobody does it better
Though sometimes I wish someone could
Nobody does it quite the way you do
Why’d you have to be so good?
The way that you hold me
Whenever you hold me
There’s some kind of magic inside you
That keeps me from runnin’
But just keep it comin’
How’d you learn to do the things you do?
And nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby, baby
Darlin’, you’re the best
Baby, you’re the best
Baby, you’re the best
Sweet baby, you’re the best
Darlin’, you’re the best
Darlin’, you’re the best
Sweet baby, you’re the best
Baby, you’re the best
Sweet baby
Songwriters: Carole Sager / Marvin Hamlisch
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