(I Want To Be Lonesome – I Want To Be Blue)
A fox-trot song from 1927
Words and music by Walter Donaldson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’m blue, so blue
And brokenhearted, because we parted
And since we parted, the sun has lost its glory
I wish, I hope
That you’ll forgive, dear, that you’ll forget, dear
I want you to listen to my story
Chorus:
If I can’t have you, nobody but you-oo-oo
I want to be lonesome, I want to be blue
Wherever I go, whatever I do-oo-oo
I’m all by my ownsome, just thinking of you
I’m missing that sweet embrace, that feeling of bliss
Nobody can take your place when I’m feeling like this
So, if I can’t have you, nobody but you-oo-oo
I want to be lonesome, I want to be blue
- Some day you may
Recall the night, dear, we said goodnight, dear
That summer night, dear
The stars were in their glory
That kiss, that bliss
Just made me miss you and long to kiss you
Remember, it’s just the same old story