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Why Was I Born? lyrics

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?

Why was I born?
Why am I living?
What do I get?
What am I giving?

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

Part of these releases

- Track 12 on Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook
- 11 Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
- Track 14 on Best of the Songbook: The Collection
- 13 Hooray For Love
- 15 Cotton Tail

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Ella Fitzgerald ft Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra - Why Was I Born (To Love You) Verve Records 1963: "Why Was I Born?" is a 1929 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was written for the show Sweet Adeline (1930). Ella... (video from YouTube)

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