I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU YEARS AGO
>From the film "Road Show" (1941)
(Music: Hoagy Carmichael / Lyrics: Harris Robison)


Martha Mears (Film Soundtrack - dubbing for Carole Landis) - 1941


I should have known you years ago
Where on earth were you long years ago
I missed so much and dreamed so little
Before you set my heart aglow

I should have known the way you smile
As I travelled each long lonely mile
For memory lane should seem much sweeter
If I had known you all the while

Oh, I'm so jealous of the flowers in Spring
For they know more than I about you
They heard your laughter and the songs you sing
Through all the years I spent without you

I wish that I could truly say
That I knew you long before today
But we'll go on from here together
And I shall love you all the way



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2015)