From the film “Centennial Summer”, 1946
Words by Leo Robin
Music by Jerome Kern
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Love can be a blessing
But also most depressing
And I don’t mind confessing
That I feel mighty blue
Chorus:
It’s only human for anyone to want to be in love
But who wants to be in love in vain?
At night you hang out around the house
And eat your heart out
And cry your eyes out and wrack your brain
You sit and wonder why anyone as wonderful as she
Should cause you such misery and pain
I thought that I would be in heaven
But I’m only up a tree
‘Cause it’s just my luck to be in love in vain
Chorus:
It’s only human for anyone to want to be in love
But who wants to be in love in vain?
At night you hang out around the house
And eat your heart out
And cry your eyes out and wrack your brain
You sit and wonder why anyone as wonderful as she
Should cause you such misery and pain
I thought that I’d have easy sailing
But instead, I’m all at sea
‘Cause it’s just my luck to be in love in vain