The One I Love

(Belongs To Somebody Else)
A popular song from 1924
Words by Gus Kahn
Music by Isham Jones

The sheet music:

The-One-I-Love-Belongs-To-Somebody-Else – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

The_One_I_Love_Belongs_To_Somebody_Else – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. I’m unhappy, so unhappy, for I can see
    The one I love don’t care for me
    I’d be happy, oh so happy, but it was fate
    That it was too late when I happened to find her

Chorus
The one I love belongs to somebody else,
She means her tender songs for somebody else,
And even when I have my arms around her
I know her thoughts are strong for somebody else.
The hands I hold belong to somebody else
I’ll bet they’re not so cold to somebody else.
It’s tough to be alone on the shelf,
It’s worse to fall in love by yourself,
The one I love belongs to somebody else.

  1. I keep trying, I keep trying to stay away
    It can’t be done one single day
    I keep saying, I keep saying goodbye I’m through
    But each time I see her I start in all over

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: