From the musical “Sweet Adeline”, 1929
Words by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
Music by Jerome Kern
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I was created for one man alone
It wasn’t easy to find
Now that I found him, I wonder just how
I could have lived right up to now
Now I am something completed by you
I am no one, just part of two
Refrain:
Don’t ever leave me, now that you’re here
Here is where you belong
Everything seems so right when you’re near
When you’re away it’s all wrong
I’m so dependent, when I need comfort
I always run to you
Don’t ever leave me, ’cause if you do
I’ll have no one to run to