LIFE IS A LONELY THING
Lyrics: Joe Sherman - Music: George David Weiss

Bette Davis with the Roger Webb Orchestra


(Verse)
All things in this world have a reason for being -
Meaning, direction, aim.
The whys and wherefores may surely elude us,
The pawns in this heavenly game.
But the mystical formula goes on.
Earth spins, day breaks,
Night falls with reason and rhyme.
With reason and rhyme ...

(Chorus)
What good is a bud that won't blossom?
A rose that refuses to flower?
Of what earthly use is an April day
That hasn't the good sense to shower?
What purpose a brook that won't murmur?
A crocus that doesn't mean Spring?
What good is a phone that just sits there and sits there
And just won't ring?
Oh, life is a lonely thing -
Oh, life is a lonely thing.
What good is a phone that just sits there and sits there
And just won't ring?
Oh, life is a lonely thing -
Oh, life is a lonely thing.








(Transcribed by Lou Rugani - The Music of the Stars (WLIP) - February 2013)