HERE'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR

from 1954 film "A Star Is Born"


(Harold Arlen (m) Ira Gershwin (l) 1954)

Judy Garland & Chorus
with orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf


WHAT am I here for?
It's time you knew!
Here's what I'm here for,
I'm here for you!

Can you forgive me?
Am I too late?
All the years that I wandered 
And pondered were squandered!

My heart insisted
I seek you out;
That you existed
My heart had no doubt!

To share a journey that leads to heaven's door,
You'll find is what I'm here for!

(What am I here for?
It's time you knew!
Here's what I'm here for,
I'm here for you!)

(Can you forgive me?
Am I too late?
All the years that I wandered 
And pondered were squandered!)

(My heart insisted
I seek you out;
That you existed
My heart had no doubt!)

(To share a journey that leads to heaven's door,
You'll find is what I'm here for!)

(To share a journey that leads to heaven's door,
You'll find is what I'm here for, I'm here for.)




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2016)