JIM
(Caesar Petrillo / Edward Ross / Nelson Shawn)

Recorded by: Big Maybelle; Clifford Brown; Ray Brown; 
Thelma Carpenter; Jimmy Dorsey & his Orch.; Anita Ellis; 
Ella Fitzgerald; Aretha Franklin; Earl Hines; 
Billie Holiday; Etta Jones; Peggy Lee; Rose Murphy; 
Helen O'Connell; Oscar Peterson; Betty Roche; 
Dinah Shore; Dakota Staton; Sunny Sumter; 
Claude Thornhill; Victoria Tolstoy; Art Van Damme;
Sarah Vaughan.


Why am I sitting alone tonight,
when I could be out where the lights are bright?
It's all because of Jim, It's all because of Jim.
Why am i wasting these precios years?
Why am I crying these bitter tears?
It's all because of Jim, It's all because of Jim.

(Chorus):
Jim doesn't ever bring me pretty flowers,
Jim never tries to cheer my lonely hours,
Don't know why I'm so crazy for Jim.
Jim never tells me I'm his hearts desire.
I never seem to set his love afire
Gone are the years I've wasted on him.

Sometimes when I get feeling low,
I say "Let's call it quits."
Then I hang on and let him go 
Breaking my heart in bits.
Some day I know tht Jim will up and leave me,
But even if he does you can believe me,
I'll go on carrying the torch for Jim.