I WISH I HAD A DIME
(Jerry Livingston / Mann Curtis / Al Hoffman)

as recorded by The Andrews Sisters
with Vic Schoen & his Orchestra
July 31st 1941 New York


You ask me what I did and where I went
And how I spend each day away from you.
I don't know how to start
To speak my heart,
But darling I was plenty blue!

I wish I had a dime for every time I missed you,
Baby when you went away.
I wish I had a dime for every time I kissed you
In my lonely dreams each day.

I could have had fun, but what did I do?
I stayed in bed and read and read the letters from you!
Oh if I had a dime for every time I missed you,
Please believe me when I say,
I'd be a millionaire today!

For every time I kissed you,
For every time I missed you,
Baby if I had a dime for every time,
I wish I had a dime for each and every time!

I could have had fun, but what did I do?
I stayed in bed and read and read the letters from you!
Oh if I had a dime for every time I missed you,
Please believe me when I say,
I'd be a millionaire today!

I could have had fun dear, but what did I do?
I stayed in bed and read and read the letters from you!
For if I had a dime for every time that I missed you,
Please believe me when I say,
I'd be a millionaire today!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - December 2016)