ONLY THE LONELY
(Sammy Cahn / Jimmy Van Heusen)

Frank Sinatra - 1958
Shirley Horn - 1963
Count Basie & His Orch. - 1965
Aretha Franklin - 1980
Sandra King & Richard Rodney Bennett - 1986
Tina May - 1992
Claire Martin - 1999
Betsy Ann Faiella - 2000
Chris Connor - 2001
Tierney Sutton - 2003
Rebecca Kilgore - 2004
Roxanne Beck - 2008

Also recorded by:
Paul Ferguson Jazz Orch.; Eddie Harris; Diana Krall; 
J.J. Johnson; Alan Kaplan; Jeff Libman; James Moody;
Keith Jarrett; Delfeayo Marsalis; Mina; Rob Sudduth; 
Mike Smith; Jim Tomlinson; Al Viola; Mark Whitfield.




Each place I go, only the lonely go
Some little small café
The songs I know, only the lonely know
Each melody recalls a love that used to be

The dreams I dream, only the lonely dream
Of lips as warm as May
That hopeless scheme, only the lonely scheme
That soon somewhere you'll find the one that used to care

And you'll recall each fun time
Those picnics at the beach when love was new
It well could be the one time
A hopeless little dream like that comes true

If you find love, hang on to each caress
And never let love go
For when it's gone you'll know the loneliness
The heartbreak only the lonely know


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2010)