I’ve Waited All My Life

(For Somebody Just Like You)
From “Elsie Janis and Her Gang”, 1922
Words and music by Elsie Janis


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. It all seems too good to be true
    That you love me and I love you
    And yet I wonder will your love die
    You know it won’t
    I hope it won’t and this is why

Chorus
I’ve waited all my life, dear
For somebody just like you
I always knew my wife
Would look exactly as you do
You need not fear I’ll stray
Like most husbands do
I’ve waited much too long, dear
To find somebody just like you

  1. While waiting you have loved a few
    Yes that’s what made me wait for you
    When wrinkles come, and hair grows gray
    That’s far a way
    There’ll come a day and still I’ll say