From the musical “Sally, Irene and Mary”, 1922
Words by Raymond Klages
Music by J. Fred Coots
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
On these fortune cards we’ll find
Our future written there
As each one has a diff’rent kind
Our cards we’ll all compare
So, let’s read them just to see
What our future is to be
And other things in store for you and me
Chorus
But only time will tell
Just where each one’s future dwells
And happiness as well
We will find some day
Tho’ in vain
We may search for gold and fame
But as we’re chasing each rainbow
Up in the skies we’ll realize
That fortunes rare
Wait for you and me somewhere
Our castles in the air all seem to be
A reality and our dreams
All thru life come true it seems
That’s what our future means
But only time will tell
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: