When the Rest of the Crowd Goes Home

(I Always Go Home Alone)
A popular song from 1931
Words by Al Dubin
Music by Joe Burke


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. The orchestra’s playing the goodnight waltz
    It’s a soulful melody
    But somehow or other, the goodnight waltz
    Doesn’t mean a thing to me

Refrain:
When the rest of the crowd goes home
I always go home alone
Oh, that kiss on the way back home
That’s something I’ve never known
I envy the others who have love affairs
Who go out in couples and come home in pairs
When the rest of the crowd goes home
I always go home alone

  1. The life of the party when lights are bright
    I am never lonely then
    But after the party, they say goodnight
    Then the blues come back again