from the 1947 film “The Perils of Pauline”
words and music by Frank Loesser
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
After all this time without you
After all this time I find
That it’s still no use to say to myself
“Out of sight, out of mind”
Refrain:
I wish I didn’t love you so
My love for you
Should have faded long ago
I wish I didn’t need your kiss
Why must your kiss
Torture me as long as this?
I might be smiling by now
With some new tender friend
Smiling by now
With my heart on the mend
But when I try
Something in that heart says “No”
You’re still there
I wish I didn’t love you so