“But Not for Me"
From Girl Crazy (1930)
LYRICS BY IRA GERSHWIN
(Music by George Gershwin)
(Verse)
1 Old man sunshine--listen, you! (A)
2 Never tell me dreams come true! (A)
3 Just try it (B) --and I’ll start a riot. (B)
4 Beatrice Fairfax--don’t you dare (C)
5 Ever tell me he will care; (C)
6 I’m certain (D) it’s the final curtain. (D)
7 I never want to hear (E)
8 From any cheer(E)ful Pollyannas, (F)
9 Who tell you Fate (G) Supplies a Mate-- (G)
10 It’s all bananas! (F)
(Refrain)
1 They’re writing songs of love, (A) but not for me; (B)
2 A lucky star’s above, (A) but not for me. (B)
3 With love to lead the way, (C)
4 I’ve found more clouds of gray (C)
5 Than any Russian play (C) could guarantee. (B)
6 I was a fool to fall and get that way; (C)
7 Heigh ho! Alas! and also, lackaday! (C)
8 Although I can’t dismiss (D) the mem’ry of his kiss(D)
9 I guess he’s not for me. (B)
Ira Gershwin’s ingenious play-on-word ending of an additional refrain from the original but normally not used in popular recordings--
8 When ev’ry happy plot ends with the marriage knot--
9 And there’s no knot for me
From Girl Crazy (1930)
LYRICS BY IRA GERSHWIN
(Music by George Gershwin)
(Verse)
1 Old man sunshine--listen, you! (A)
2 Never tell me dreams come true! (A)
3 Just try it (B) --and I’ll start a riot. (B)
4 Beatrice Fairfax--don’t you dare (C)
5 Ever tell me he will care; (C)
6 I’m certain (D) it’s the final curtain. (D)
7 I never want to hear (E)
8 From any cheer(E)ful Pollyannas, (F)
9 Who tell you Fate (G) Supplies a Mate-- (G)
10 It’s all bananas! (F)
(Refrain)
1 They’re writing songs of love, (A) but not for me; (B)
2 A lucky star’s above, (A) but not for me. (B)
3 With love to lead the way, (C)
4 I’ve found more clouds of gray (C)
5 Than any Russian play (C) could guarantee. (B)
6 I was a fool to fall and get that way; (C)
7 Heigh ho! Alas! and also, lackaday! (C)
8 Although I can’t dismiss (D) the mem’ry of his kiss(D)
9 I guess he’s not for me. (B)
Ira Gershwin’s ingenious play-on-word ending of an additional refrain from the original but normally not used in popular recordings--
8 When ev’ry happy plot ends with the marriage knot--
9 And there’s no knot for me
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