From the film “The Great John L.”, 1944
Words by Johnny Burke
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I was once your sweetheart
That’s impossible to forget
You were once my sweetheart
Confidentially you are yet
That’s the way conditions stand
But so I won’t upset what you have planned
Chorus:
Just say that I’m a friend of yours
And maybe they won’t get wise
And if they see us together
I’ll brush the dreams from my eyes
I’ll tell my heart it mustn’t sing
The song of remember when
Just say that I’m a friend of yours
That you happened to meet again