AM I WASTING MY TIME ON YOU?
(Howard Johnson / Irving Bibo)

Lewis James - 1926
Ben Selvin & His Orch. (vocal: Franklyn Baur) - 1926
Sam Wooding & His Orch. - 1926
California Ramblers - 1926
Elliott Shaw - 1926
Jack Denny & His Orch. - 1926
Jack Hylton & His Band - 1926
Bob Haring & His Orch. - 1927
Sammy Kaye & His Orch. (vocal: Sammy Kaye) - 1948
Buddy Hawkins & The Songmasters - 1949
Juliette - 1953
Eddie Fisher - 1958
Frankie Vaughan - 1958
Nightwatch - 2000

Also recorded by:
Reggie Goff & The Velvetones; Norman Wisdom; Vera Lynn;
Denza Dance Band; John & Mike Ryan; Five Smith Brothers.


Am I wasting my time
By thinking you're mine
And dreaming the way that I do

Am I wasting the tears
I cried all these years
Just wondering if your love is true

Will I lose in the end
And just be a friend
Please tell me it's time that I knew

Will my heart have to pay
Will you send me away
Am I wasting my time on you

Will it all be in vain
Am I wasting my time on you


(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - January 2006)

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as rec by Vera Lynn w Eric Rogers & his Orch  April 1959


Worried and blue,
All over you,
Pleading for love, but in vain!
How I've implored;
Will my reward
Be only heartaches and pain?

Am I wasting my time
By thinking you're mine,
And dreaming the way that I do?
Am I wasting the tears
I cried all these years,
Just wondering if your love is true?

Will I lose in the end
And just be a friend?
Please tell me, it's time that I knew!
Will my heart have to pay?
Will you send me away?
Am I wasting my time on you?

Will I lose in the end
And just be a friend?
Please tell me, it's time that I knew!
Will my heart have to pay?
Will you send me away?
Am I wasting my time on you?
Am I wasting my time on you?




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2012)