WHAT A LIFE (TRYING TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU)
From the film "The Rich Are Always With Us" (1932)
(Louis Alter / Charlotte Kent)


Unknown Singer (Film Soundtrack) - 1932
Helen Morgan - 1932
Coon-Sanders Nighthawks (vocal: Joe Sanders) - 1932
Isham Jones & His Orch. - 1932
Ruth Etting (feat. in the short film "Artistic Temper") - 1932
Greta Keller - 1933
Phil Emerton's Diamonds (feat. in the short film "The Audition") - 1933
Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds Of Joy (vocal: Pha Terrell) - 1938





What a life, to live alone
What is left when love has flown
What a life, trying to live without you

All the love that used to be
Sings a minor melody
What a life, trying to live without you

All the funny little things
We used to say and do
They weren't meant for one
They were meant for two

Just the same, the world goes on
I must live and know you're gone
What a life, trying to live without you

(Instrumental Break)

All the funny little things
We used to say and do
They weren't meant for one
They were meant for two

Just the same, the world goes on
I must live and know you're gone
What a life, trying to live without you

Without you, without you
I can't live without you


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As performed in the 1932 film "The Rich Are Always With Us":


I was never so blue till 
I saw love passing by
And now ev'rything's ????? ???
Today love's grown cold

When the skies are so cold now
And I'm part of the crime
Though our parting is old now
You grow dearer each day

What a life, to live alone
What is left when love has flown
What a life, trying to live without you

All the love that used to be
Sings a minor melody
What a life, trying to live without you

All the funny, funny little things
We used to say and do
They're wern't meant for one
They were made for two

Just the same, the world goes on
I must live and know you're gone
What a life, trying to live without you


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2009)