VANITY

(Manus / Bierman / G. Wood) with Paul Weston and his Orchestra

Lyrics as released by Sarah Vaughan 1951
Also as in < The Complete Columbia Recordings 
(1949 – 1953) > released 1988

They call it vanity
Because I'd rather be all by myself
Instead of laughing with the crowd.

If I don't care to be part of their gaiety
They often say to me, don't be so proud.

But how are they to know
I'm lookin’ high and low 
For love that used to be my own.

I never even glance when offered new romance
I can't because I'm yours alone.

‘Till you forgive again
I'll never live again
So will it be as long as we are far apart.

It may be vanity to think you’ll come to me 
But is it vanity to hide a broken heart?

(bridge)

‘Till you forgive again
Well I'll never live again
So will it be as long as we are far apart.

It may be vanity, to think you’ll come to me
But is it vanity to hide a broken heart?



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VANITY
Alternate lyrics as released by Sarah Vaughan 
Sep 30 2012 < The Very Best Of Sarah Vaughan > 
(Remastered Version)

They call it vanity
Because I'd rather be all by myself
Instead of laughing with the crowd.

If I don't care to be part of their gaiety
They often say to me, don't be so proud.

But how are they to know
I'm lookin’ high and low 
For love that used to be my own.

I never even glance when I’m offered new romance
I can't because I'm yours alone.

‘Till you forgive again
I'll never live again
So will it be as long as we are far apart.

It may be vanity to think you’ll come to me 
But is it vanity to hide a broken heart?

(bridge)

But how are they to know
I'm lookin’ high and low 
For love that used to be my own.

I never even glance when I'm offered new romance
I can't, I can’t because I'm yours alone.

‘Till you forgive again
I'll never live again
So will it be as long as we are far apart.

It may be vanity to think you’ll come to me 
But is it vanity to hide a broken heart?…

But is it vanity to hide a broken, a broken heart?

NOTES:


< Vanity > was released as the 'A' side of a Columbia single 
June 1951. The 'B' side was < My Reverie >  
(see elsewhere in this ILP database).

Sarah Vaughn, an American jazz singer  who performed professionally 
from 1945 to 1990, was nicknamed ‘Sassy’ because of 
her rather informal speech and manner.

The NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Jazz Masters bestowed 
it’s highest award on her in 1989.





(Transcribed by David Story - February 2014)