From the film “Second Fiddle”, 1939
Words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’m sorry for myself
So sorry for myself
Someone I love said good-bye
And no one’s sorry for me
That’s why I’m so sorry for myself - I’m blue as I can be
My man walked out on me
I’d go home and end it all
But fourteen stories is an awful fall
I’m so sorry for myself - I’m feeling mighty sad
I never looked so bad
I have lost my appetite
Couldn’t eat my second steak last night
I’m so sorry for myself - So very blue am I
I wish I could die
Wish I had a nasty cough
I’d buy a gun but then it might go off
I’m so sorry for myself - I soon could end my woes
Down where the river flows
I would jump right in the sea
But no one may be there to rescue me
I’m so sorry for myself