IF WE CAN'T BE THE SAME OLD SWEETHEARTS, WE'LL JUST BE THE SAME OLD FRIENDS
(Jimmie V. Monaco / Joseph McCarthy)

Rose Bryant & Henry Burr - 1915
Irving Kaufman - 1915
Perry Como - 1947
The Auto Towners - 1966

Also recorded by: Al Jolson; Harmony Heritage;
Ian Whitcomb & The Bungalow Boys; Art Gillham.


BRYANT:
Once we were sweethearts, not so long ago
BURR:
Then I loved you so, but you didn't know
BRYANT:
You could not learn to love me, you're not to blame
BOTH:
But I like you just the same

BOTH:
If we can't be the same old sweethearts
Then we'll just be the same old friends
For I want someone like you just to tell my troubles to 
My happiness, on you it all depends
 
For I've known you too long to forget you 
And my old dream of love never ends 
BURR:
Though I know you can't be mine 
BRYANT:
We will meet from time to time 
BOTH:
But we'll just be the same old friends

BRYANT:
You said you loved me not so long ago
BURR:
But you didn't know, sweethearts come and go
BRYANT:
One day you'll love another, or later on
BOTH:
You may want me when it's done

BOTH:
If we can't be the same old sweethearts
Then we'll just be the same old friends
For I want someone like you just to tell my troubles to 
My happiness, on you it all depends

For I've known you too long to forget you 
And my old dream of love never ends 
BURR:
Though I know you can't be mine 
BRYANT:
We will meet from time to time 
BOTH:
But we'll just be the same old friends


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2005)