(I’m Somebody Else’s Now)
A popular song from 1923.
Words by Jack Yellen.
Music by Jack Stern.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- You come back to me after so many years
And ask me to love you once more
You want me to smile after so many tears
And kiss you as I did before
I’m sorry, my dear, but I couldn’t wait
You’ve come just a little too late
Chorus
You didn’t want me when I wanted you
I’m somebody else’s now
I gave you your chance but you turned me away
And I warned you then you’d be sorry someday
I care for you yet, but we must forget
For I won’t be untrue to my vow
You didn’t want me when I wanted you
I’m somebody else’s now
- You played with my heart like a child with a toy
You broke it and threw it aside
And I paid with tears for each moment of joy
With tears that another has dried
For somebody else has lightened the pain
Your love for me now is in vain
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: