I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLAN 
A Mickey McBride Arrangement 
(Lyrics : Howard Dietz / Music : Arthur Schwartz)

Frank Sinatra
Fred Astaire


1st Chorus 

I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLAN, 
I SHOULD HAVE REALIZED THERE’D BE ANOTHER MAN, 
I OVERLOOKED THAT POINT COMPLETELY, 
UNTIL THE BIG AFFAIR BEGAN, 

BEFORE I KNEW WHERE I WAS AT, 
I FOUND MYSELF UPON THE SHELF, AND THAT WAS THAT, 
I TRIED TO REACH THE MOON BUT WHEN I GOT THERE, 
ALL THAT I COULD GET WAS THE AIR, 

MY FEET ARE BACK UPON THE GROUND, 
I’VE LOST THE ONE GIRL (man) I FOUND, 
  
2nd Chorus 

I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLAN, 
I SHOULD HAVE REALIZED THERE’D BE ANOTHER MAN, 
WHY DID I BUY THOSE BLUE PAJAMAS, 
BEFORE THE BIG AFFAIR BEGAN, 
    
MY BOILING POINT IS MUCH TO LOW 
FOR ME TO TRY TO BE A FLY LOTHARIO, 
I THINK I’LL CRAWL RIGHT BACK AND INTO MY SHELL, 
DWELLING IN MY PERSONAL HELL, 
    
I’LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLAN AROUND, 
I’VE LOST THE ONE GIRL (man) I FOUND. 

******

(orig "I love To lie Awake In Bed" w lyrics by Lorenz Hart  1924)

as rec by Carroll Gibbons & his Boyfriends


I beheld her and was conquered at the start,
And place her on a pedestal apart;
I planned a little hideaway
That we should share some day.
When I met her I unfolded all my dreams,
And told her how she'd fit into my scheme of what bliss is;
Then the blow came when she gave her name as "Missus"!

I guess I'll have to change my plan,
I should have realised there'd be another man!
I overlooked that point completely
Until the big affair began!

Before I knew where I was at,
I found myself up on the shelf and that was that!
I tried to reach the moon, but when I got there,
All that I could get was the air!
My feet are back upon the ground,
I've lost the one girl I found.

I guess I'll have to change my plan,
I should have realised there'd be another man!
Why did I buy those blue pyjamas
Before the big affair began?

My boiling point is much too low
For me to try to be a fly Lothario!
I think I'll crawl right back and into my shell,
Dwelling in my personal hell!
I'll have to change my plan around,
I've lost the one girl I found.



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - June 2011)