A popular song from 1928
words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- There was I, satisfied to live and die
In a little world where life was all arranged
There were you in a world I never knew
Suddenly we met and everything was changed
Chorus
All my life, I did without you
But now I can’t do without you
All my life, I never missed you
Until I kissed you, I never missed you
All through life I went
And thought that I was meant
To live and be content without you
Then I put my arms about you
And now I can’t do without you
- There was I, gazing at a cloudy sky
Thinking that the clouds were all there was to see
There were you pointing to a sky of blue
Showing me how bright a day could really be
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: