FOUR WALLS
(Al Jolson / Billy Rose / Dave Dreyer)


Al Jolson - 1928
Ipana Troubadours (vocal: Scrappy Lambert) - 1928
Johnny Johnson & His Statler Pennsylvanians - 1928
Gerald Adams - 1928



They're playing "Home Sweet Home"
The dance is over
Soon they will be leaving two-by-two

And as they waltz and glide
I stand there outside
Wondering where to go and what to do

Home sweet home to me is just a melody
Bringing lonely feelings to me
For it only means to me

Four walls each morning
Four walls each night
One little door and window
One little lonely light

I never say "Hello", what good would that be
With just my echo answering me
I get so lonely
Looking at just four walls

Four walls, four walls, that's all I see in the morning
And four walls, that's all I see at night
One little door and one little window
And just one little light

Where's that rainbow, where is that Spring
Where's that bluebird, when does he sing
Where is that lining, where is that sun
Where am I squatting, what have I done

Weary and dreary, lonely and sad
When does this end, am I going mad
Looking at just four walls



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2017)