LONELY WOMAN
(Benny Carter / Ray Sonin 1947)

as recorded by June Christy
with Stan Kenton (piano)
1955

also recorded by -
June Christy with Stan Kenton & his Orchestra '47
Lil Green & her Orchestra '47
Sarah Vaughan '56
Helen Merrill '68
Chris Connor


Lonely woman, lonely woman,
Craving love and slaving to forget.
A life of torture this is,
To yearn for someone's kisses
With lips you've wasted, untasted yet.

Lonely woman, lonely woman
Understands the pain I've clearly shown.
What trick can fate have done me
That men must spurn and shun me?
My only crime is I'm alone!

As I cross the street, the men I meet
Have eyes of fun for everyone but me!
In my room I pass the looking glass
And see the bloom of girl who'd waiting,
Killed by all my heart's complaining!

Lonely woman, lonely woman,
As I sleep I weep in misery.
Oh stars that shine above me,
Please send someone to love me
And take my loneliness from me.

I've never heard a lover's word in my ear,
The life I've known has been so lonely and drear.
In dreams men's eyes assume a gay light
That with the daylight disappear.
Time is fleeting, fate is treating me wrong,
Why must I wait so long?

Lonely woman, lonely woman,
As I sleep I weep in misery.
Oh stars that shine above me,
Please send someone to love me
And take my loneliness from me.
Lonely woman!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2014)