From the 1948 musical “Easter Parade”
Words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
For ev’ry rose that withers and dies
Another blooms in it’s stead
A new love waits to open its eyes
After the old love is dead
That sounds all right in a careless rhyme
But there’s seldom a second time
Chorus
Better luck next time, that could never be
Because there ain’t gonna be no next time
For me, no sirree
Made up my mind to make another start
I’ve made my mind up
But I can’t make up my heart
I’d like a new lucky day, that would be nice
But this comes just once in a lifetime, not twice
So don’t say ‘Better luck next time’
That could never be
Because there ain’t gonna be no next time for me
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: