Copyright 1977, unpublished.
Words and music by Milton Ager & Chummy MacGregor.
Sheet music manuscript provided by Laurence Rubenstein:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Night after night I go dancing,
Dancing with somebody new.
I’m just a fool making make-believe somebody else is you.
In all our favorite places, even the old rendezvous,
I’m just a fool makin’ make-believe somebody else is you.
Playing the game of “just pretend”
Knowing full well this dream will end
And I’ll awaken the same old ache in my heart again.
For me there can be only one love
No “off with the old and on with the new”.
Something tells me the moment I start out
I’ll wind up just crying my heart out.
‘Cause I’m just a fool makin’ make-believe
Somebody else is you.
2. Night after night I go dancing
Making believe I’m with you
Doin’ the things with somebody else
That we used to do.
In all our favorite places, even the old rendezvous
Makin’ believe that somebody else is you, still is you.
Playing the game of “just pretend”
Knowing full well this dream will end
And I’ll awaken the same old ache in my heart again.
For me there can be only one love,
No “off with the old and on with the new”.
Something tells me the moment I start out,
I’ll wind up just crying my heart out.
‘Cause I’m just a fool makin’ make-believe
A fool in love with you!
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: