74. Glad To Be Unhappy (1936)

Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Music by Richard Rodgers

Look at yourself
If you had a sense of humor
You would laugh to beat the band

Look at yourself
Do you still believe the rumor
That romance is simply grand

Since you took it
On the chin
You have lost that
Toothpaste grin

My mental state is all a jumble
I sit around and sadly mumble

Fools rush in so here I am
Very glad to be unhappy
I can’t win but here I am
More than glad to be unhappy

Unrequited love’s a bore
And I’ve got it pretty bad
But for someone you adore
It’s a pleasure to be sad

Like a straying baby lamb
With no mammy and no pappy
I’m so unhappy
But oh, so glad

(bridge)

Unrequited love’s a bore
And I’ve got it pretty bad
But for someone you adore
It’s a pleasure to be sad

Like a straying baby lamb
With no mammy and no pappy
I’m so unhappy
But oh, so glad

from the show On Your Toes with Doris Carson and David Morris