Centerpiece (song)

Centerpiece is a 1958 jazz standard, usually performed in a swing style. It was written by Harry Edison and Jon Hendricks.^[1]

The song is a love song, with the lyrics indicating that the singer feels incomplete without his lover. Each of the two verses ends with the couplet:

But nothing's any good without you

Cause baby you're my centerpiece

Covers

The song is incorporated into a medley, with her own song "Harry's House", by Joni Mitchell, on her 1975 album The Hissing of Summer Lawns.

See also

• List of jazz standards

References