BORN TO SING THE BLUES 
(Adelson / Carpenter)


as recorded by Shirley Bassey
1956


Some were born to win,
Some were born to lose,
Born to walk in style,
Or walk in secondhanded shoes.
Take me, I was born to sing the blues!

Some were born to get,
Some were born to give,
Poor unlucky devils
Who just barely want to live.
Like me, I was born to sing the blues!

Oh won't somebody care about me?
Make me happy, love is all I ever wanted!
No-one wants me, no-one needs me at all,
No-one at all!

Tired of wondering how,
Tired of wondering why,
Some were born to laugh, I guess,
And others born to cry.
And me, I was born to sing the blues!

Love is all I ever wanted!
No-one wants me, no-one needs me at all,
No-one at all!

Tired of wondering how,
Tired of wondering why, 
And me, I was born to sing the blues,
Some were born to laugh, I guess,
And others born to cry.
And me, I was born to sing the blues,
I was born to sing the blues!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - August 2018)