FORGETTING YOU
(aka THAT'S JUST MY WAY OF FORGETTING YOU)
(Lyrics: Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown / Music: Ray Henderson)


Kitty O'Connor - 1928
Annette Hanshaw - 1928
Jean Goldkette & His Orch. (vocal: Jean Napier) - 1928
The Dorsey Brothers Orch. (vocal: Scrappy Lambert) - 1928
McKinney's Cotton Pickers (vocal: Jean Napier) - 1928
The Charleston Chasers - 1928

Also recorded by: 
Paul Weston & His Orch. with the Norman Luboff Choir; Richard Hayes.






You saw me out the other night
The first time since we parted
The crowd was gay and I seemed all aglow
Because I smiled you couldn't tell
That I'm still brokenhearted
You couldn't tell, but I want you to know

If you see me dancing in some cabaret
That's just my way of forgetting you
Where you are were one, there's a new one each day
But that's just my way of forgetting you

If I gave myself the time to think about you
I'd go mad to think that I'm without you
Each night now I pray that I may find a way
Find a way of forgetting you

(Orchestral Break)

Though my lips reveal a song of joy and gladness
My heart sings a song of tears and sadness
If I smile at you while my heart breaks in two
That's my way of forgetting you







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2011)