From the 1926 musical “Rio Rita”
Words by Joseph McCarthy
Music by Harry Tierney
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I wander along under a cloudy sky
Always in wrong, wrong, and I don’t know why
Never have anything happen the way I’d choose
Maybe we all have dreams that we hate to lose
But deep down in my heart I won’t say goodbye
To hold that glimpse of heaven on earth
I’ll always try
Chorus:
I’ll spend my days
Chasing after sunshine
Someday one ray may steal through
Can’t change my ways
Always hoping sometime
Someone else may learn to care as I do
There’s only one beneath the sun
That I’ve ever found
If she would smile on me awhile
‘Would change things all around
Until then I’ll spend my days
Chasing after sunshine
Following the sun around