A fox-trot song from 1930
Words and music by Louis W. McDermott
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’ve been looking for someone to love
Someone just like you
I’ve been asking the stars up above
To find someone like you
Now that I have found you, dear
I’ll always want to keep you near me
Chorus:
I’m lonesome and blue, but when I look at you
There’s one thing I know is true
I wouldn’t be lonesome, I wouldn’t be blue
If I had a girl like you
I’ve waited a lifetime, I’ve hated the night time
Those long nights have made me blue
I wouldn’t be waiting, I wouldn’t be hating
If I had a girl like you
I don’t know why I’m feeling the way I do
I hope that I haven’t made a mistake in you
Everything seems like one of my dreams
Wake me up and say it’s true
I wouldn’t be dreaming, I wouldn’t be scheming
If I had a girl like you
- I’ve been wondering just how it seems
To have someone like you
I’ve been dreaming in all of my dreams
About someone like you
Never knew that dreams came true
Until the day I first met you, dear
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: