I COULDN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU
(Ben Raleigh / Barnie Wayne)

Ella Fitzgerald - 1949
The Four Knights - 1951


We quarreled and said it's all off
Then we agreed to call off
Everything we had planned for two
I told myself I'd never come back
But I couldn't stay away from you

I started to feel so lonely
Waited for you to phone me
Just as you always used to do
And sitting by the phone, I knew, Dear
That I couldn't stay away from you

Somewhere a radio was playing
Our favourite song
It sounded as though the tune kept saying
Go back into his/her arms where you belong

And so I gave up pretending
Ooh, what a happy ending
When you confessed you missed me too
And now we'll always be together
I just couldn't stay away from you



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2004)