a 1924 popular song
words by Gus Kahn
music by Isham Jones
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Why do I do just as you say
Why must I just give you your way
Why do I sigh, why don’t I try to forget?
It must have been that something lovers call fate
Kept on saying I had to wait
I saw them all, just couldn’t fall ’til we met
Chorus
It had to be you, it had to be you
I wandered around and finally found the somebody who
Could make me be true, could make me be blue
Might never be mean, might never be cross
Or try to be boss, but they wouldn’t do
For nobody else gave me a thrill
With all your faults I love you still
It had to be you, wonderful you
Had to be you
- Seems like dreams like I always had
Could be, should be making me glad
Why am I blue? it’s up to you to explain
I’m thinking maybe, baby, I’ll go away
Some day, some way you’ll come and say
“It’s you I need” and you’ll be pleading in vain
Sung here by Fred Feild: