From “Hallelujah, I’m a Bum”, 1932
Words by Lorenz Hart
Music by Richard Rodgers
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Like all fools, I believed what I wanted to believe
My foolish heart conceived what foolish heart conceive
I thought I found a miracle
I thought that you’d adore me
But it was not a miracle
It was merely a mirage before me
Refrain:
You are too beautiful, my dear, to be true
And I am too drunk with beauty
Drunk with illusion that the one who caressed you
Really possessed you, too
You are too beautiful for one man alone
For one lucky fool to be with
When there are other men
With eyes of their own to see with
Love does not stand sharing
not if one cares
Have you been comparing
My every kiss with theirs?
If on the other hand, I’m faithful to you
It’s not through a sense of duty
You are too beautiful
And I am too drunk with beauty
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: