But Not For Me (1930)
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Music by George Gershwin
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1957 | MT | 297 | Complete on Verve v.9 | 3 | 3’49” |
They’re writing songs of love
But not for me
A lucky star’s above
But not for me
With love to lead the way
I’ve found more clouds of gray
Than any Russian play
Could guarantee
I was a fool to fall
And get that way
Heigh-ho! Alas! and all
So lack-a-day
Although I can’t dismiss
The memory of his kiss
I guess he’s not for me(bridge)
He’s knocking on a door
But not for me
He’ll plan a two by four
But not for me
I know that love’s a game
I’m puzzled just the same
Was I the moth or flame
I’m all at sea
It all began so well
But what an end
This is the time a feller
Needs a friend
When every happy plot
Ends with the marriage knot
And there’s no knot for me
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First appeared in the show Girl Crazy with Ginger Rogers