My Arms Are Open

From Earl Carroll Vanities, 1928.
Words by Ned Washington and Ed Lowry.
Music by Michael H. Cleary.

The sheet music:

My-Arms-Are-Open – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

My_Arms_Are_Open – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. You’re the one who’s saying goodbye
    I’m the one, who’ll learn how to cry
    You’re the one who’s going away
    Still, I’m the one who’s willing to say

Chorus
If there should come a time
You’re lonely and blue
Don’t know what to do
My arms are open
If you awake and find you’re filled with regret
Then never forget
My arms are open
Tho’ you may tread the highway
And go ever so far
I hope your path leads my way
Wherever you are
If every door is closed
Wherever you go
I want you to know
My arms are open

  1. Why can’t we start over again
    Can’t you see, I want to explain
    Thru the years, I know that I’ll grieve
    But thru my tears, I’ll say when you leave

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: