A popular song from 1934.
Words by Ned Wever.
Music by Milton Ager.
Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Meant to be careful not to fall
Wasn’t so careful after all
You and your carefree ways
Came and ended my carefree days
Chorus
Careless-like, you walked into my heart
Walked in and then, you walked right out again
Careless-like, you never meant to linger there
Cautious-like, I didn’t want to start
Carin’ again, I couldn’t help it when
Careless-like, you kissed me and I had to care
Your kind of love was kind of new to me
I misunderstood
You never said that you’d be true to me
I just hoped you would
Careless-like, you said, “It’s time to part”
Just when my heart had said, “It’s time to start”
Careless-like, you left me when I’d learned to care
- Nobody’s saying I had claims
We were just playing diff’rent games
I set the stakes too high
Whereas you were just passing by
Sung here by Fred Feild: