I WISH I WERE SOMEBODY ELSE
Jimmy Van Heusen (m) Johnny Burke (l)

as rec by Nat "King" Cole w Pete Rugolo & his Orch  1951


I wish I were somebody else,
The kind of guy you gander at;
Somebody elswe who could pass your way
And make you say,
"Who's that?".

I wish I were somebody else,
I'm not the one I want to be;
Bein' the guy
That you pass right by,
The guy you just can't see!
I wish I were anyone else but me!

I wish I were somebody else,
The kind of guy you gander at;
Somebody elswe who could pass your way
And make you say,
"Who's that?".

I wish I were somebody else,
I'm not the one I want to be;
Bein' the guy
That you pass right by,
The guy you just can't see!
I wish I were anyone else but me,
I wish I were anyone else but me!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - July 2011)