SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE
(Walter Merrick / Dinah Washington 1959)

Dinah Washington
with Orchestra Accompaniment
recorded 1961


Somewhere along the line,
You met this heart of mine;
Wooed it and won it,
Now you would shun it
Over a glass of wine!

Friends knew it all the time,
That no wedding bells would chime.
I was just a young dreamer,
No match for a schemer,
Yours was a lover's crime!

Folks gossiped, they said it was too good to be true,
They even bet you'd search for someone new!
This pendent world of ours was paradise,
And I was blind with stardust in my eyes!

While you like gambler with his last dime,
I know you will try it one more time,
But I pray like Napoleon Bonaparte
You'll meet your Waterloo,
Somewhere along the line,
Somewhere, yeah,  along the line!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2018)