NEGLECTED
Gerald Marks / Joe Davis

as recorded by Thomas "Fats" Waller 
& his Rhythm  
December 16th 1937 
Hollywood


Why am I neglected
And left with my dreams,
Dreams that my friends don't see?
Why am I neglected?
Won't somebody care for me?
(ah, mercy mercy!)

Why am I selected
To live without love?
I have so much to give!
Why am I neglected?
I'm human, yeah, and I want to live!
(ah mercy baby, you know I want to live!)

Every shift needs a pause like a bird needs a tree,
So there must be someone somewhere who's needing me!

I see love reflected
In millions of eyes,
Just as it ought to be, yes!
But tell me, why am I neglected,
Won't somebody care for me?



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - December 2012)