From “Whoopee”, 1928
Words by Gus Kahn
Music by Walter Donaldson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
This suspense is killing me
I can’t stand uncertainty
Tell me now, I’ve got to know
Whether you want me to stay or go
Chorus
Love me or leave me and let me be lonely
You won’t believe me, and I love you only
I’d rather be lonely than happy with somebody else
You might find the nighttime the right time for kissing
But nighttime is my time for just reminiscing
Regretting instead of forgetting with somebody else
There’ll be no one unless that someone is you
I intend to be independently blue
I want your love, but I don’t want to borrow
To have it today and to give back tomorrow
For my love is your love
There’s no love for nobody else