. . . than smile at somebody else.
A popular song from 1928.
Words by Phil Ponce.
Music by Dan Dougherty.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Folks wonder why I’m all alone nights
Why I stay home nights, and sometimes cry
And as for parties, I avoid them
I don’t enjoy them, and you know why
Chorus
I’d rather cry over you
I’d rather sigh like I do
Than smile at somebody else
If I can’t call yo my own
I’d rather be all alone
Than be with somebody else
I could just pretend I don’t care about you
But that wouldn’t end
Those long nights without you
Though broken-hearted and blue
I’d rather cry over you
Than smile at somebody else
- I never thought I’d be so lonesome
Here by my own-some, just sad and blue
I never realized what heartaches
Come when a heart breaks, but now I do
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: