From “The Passing Show” of 1924,
Words and music by Ed East and Ted Lewis.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- You’re going away
And you won’t even say
You’re sorry we must part
You’re saying goodbye
And you won’t even try
To soothe my aching heart
You’re acting most unkind
But you just bear in mind
Chorus
The day will come
When you’re goin’ to be lonely
The day will come
When you’ll be blue
And all the stars
Up in your sky of happiness
Are goin’ to fade away from you
The day will come
When your heart will be grieving
And when that day comes
You’ll have to pay
Then I know you’ll cry for me
And you’ll crave my sympathy
But I’ll be many miles away
- Tho’ I realize
That the tears in my eyes
Mean nothing to you now
You’ll think of me yet
With a sigh of regret
I’ll have my day, somehow
You will be crying then
You’ll want me back again
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: