It Gets Lonely In The White House

From the 1962 musical “Mr. President”
Words and music by Irving Berlin

The sheet music:

It-Gets-Lonely-In-The-White-House – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

It_Gets_Lonely_In_The_White_House – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. It gets lonely in the White House
    When your cares begin
    And the White House is a big place
    To be lonely in
    When you’re all alone there staring into space
    And you wish the man you ran against
    Could be there in your place
    It gets lonely in the White House
    When you’ve been attacked
    By the loyal opposition getting in the act
    If you make the wrong decision
    When the final chips are down
    The White House is the loneliest place in town
  2. It gets lonely in the White House
    When you’re sitting there
    And you have to do your thinking
    In a rocking chair
    When some exercise
    Would keep you feeling well
    But a journey to the golf course
    And the country’s gone to hell
    When the budget isn’t balanced
    And you’re in the red
    And you feel it would be better
    To be dead than red
    When your speech is optimistic
    But the stocks keep tumblin’ down
    The White House is the loneliest place in town

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: