Why Was I Born?
Music by: Jerome Kern
Arranged by: Axel Stordahl
From the Show: Sweet Adeline (1929)
Label: Columbia Records
Recorded: December 28, 1947
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Why was I born, why am I livin'?
What do I get, what am I givin'?
Why do I want a thing I daren't
hope for?
What can I hope for? I wish I
knew
Why do I try to draw you near
me?
Why do I do I cry? You never
hear me
I'm a poor fool, but what can I
do?
Why was I born to love you?
<instrumental-first two lines
of second verse>
I'm a poor fool, but what can I
do?
Why was I born to love you?
Some other versions may include
an intro:
Spending these lonesome evenings
with nothing to do
But to live in dreams that I
make up all by myself
Dreaming that you're beside me,
I picture the prettiest stories
Only to wake up all by myself What is the good of me by myself?