BUT I DO, YOU KNOW I DO
(Gus Kahn / Walter Donaldson)

Ruth Etting - 1926




I keep trying to, I'm just dying to 
Get you out of my mind 
But that's hard to do with somebody you love 
I've denied it, I've tried to hide it 
But every evening I find 
You're the one that I keep thinking of 

I shouldn't mind if you find someone new 
But I do, you know I do 
I shouldn't care if you're here or you're there 
But I do, you know I do 

I know you love to flit around 
While I just sit around and wonder 
What's become of you 
I know that I shouldn't mope
Shouldn't hope you're lonesome, too 
But I do, you know I do 

I keep saying and I keep praying 
That I'll forget you somehow 
But the more I try seems the more that I pine 
While you're dancing and out romancing 
With those you care about now 
Do you think of days when you were mine 

I shouldn't mind if you find someone new 
But I do, you know I do 
I shouldn't care if you're here or you're there 
But I do, you know I do 

I know you love to flit around 
While I just sit around and wonder 
What's become of you 
I know that I shouldn't mope
Shouldn't hope you're lonesome, too 
But I do, you know I do, do, do, do, do


(Contributed by  - December 2009)