"I Don't Know His Name" - She Loves Me: Complete Backing Tracks

An instrumental track of "I Don't Know His Name" from She Loves Me, music written by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joe Masteroff. Hal Prince directed the original production, which starred Barbara Cook, Daniel Massey, Barbara Baxley, and Jack Cassidy. The music was orchestrated by Don Walker. The playoff to this song, "Hello Love No. 1" is appended to the end of the track.
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AMALIA]
I don't know his name or what he looks like
But I have a much more certain guide
I can tell exactly what he looks like
Inside
When I undertook this correspondence
Little did I know I'd grow so fond
Little did I know our views would so correspond
He writes me what his feelings are
On Shaw, Flaubert, Chopin, Renoir
The more I read, the more I find
We're one in mind and heart
I know the kind of home we'd share
The books, the prints, the music there
A home, a life, that's warm and full
And rich in love
And art
I don't need to see his handsome profile
I don't need to see his manly frame
All I need to know is in each letter
Each long revealing letter
I couldn't know him better
If I knew his name
(spoken)
Oh, I know him so well, Ilona
I know that he's a very successful person
And terribly well-educated
And he's gentle and kind and soft-spoken
Oh, I know all this about him, and so much more!
I've just never met him, that's all
. [AMALIA]
He writes his deep-
Est thoughts to me
On Swift, Vermeer
And Debussy
De Mau-
Passant
Dumas, Ducas
Dufy
Dufay, Defoe
He thinks as I
He feels as I
He shares the same
Ideals as I
I'll never find
A man who's so
So
Simpatico
I know
I don't need to see his handsome profile
don't need to see his manly frame
All I need to know is in each letter, each
Long revealing letter
I couldn't know him better
If I knew his name
What's in a name?