(That’s the time you’ll want to come back to me)
A popular song from 1919
Words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young
Music by Walter Donaldson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- You wanted me to cry
The day that you said goodbye
You kinda thought that when you wandered away
On my knees I’d beg you to stay
I gave you my heart complete
They say that revenge is sweet
But I know very well
More than words can tell
You will kneel at my feet
Chorus
When you see another sweetie hanging around
When you read the lovelight in his eyes
You’ll get wise, believe me
When you see another’s arms go twining around
All these things will make you realize
You’re jealous so, you’re bound to know
That old time saying, tell me how does it go
Oh! “Absence makes the heart grow fonder”
When you see another sweetie hanging around
That’s the time you’ll want to come back to me
- You may not believe me now
But some day you will, I vow
And when you feel like no one wants you around
Then your thoughts will start homeward bound
You’re longing to say goodbye
And when all my tears are dry
Then you’ll come back again
And you’ll plead in vain
This will be my reply
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: