Again Doris Day Written by Dorcas Cochran and Lionel Newman Peaked at #2 in 1949 MANY competing versions charted that year: Gordon Jenkins #2); Mel Torme (#3); Vic Damone (#6); Tommy Dorsey (#6); Art Moony (#7); and Vera Lynn (#23) Again, this couldn't happen again This is that once in a lifetime This is the thrill divine What's more, this never happened before Though I have prayed for a lifetime That such as you would suddenly be mine Mine to hold as I'm holding you now and yet never so near Mine to have when the now and the here disappear What matters, dear, for When this doesn't happen again We'll have this moment forever But never, never again (never, never) We'll have this moment for ev er But never, never again (never, never)