WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY LOVING SOMEONE ELSE (WHEN YOUR LOVE BELONGS TO ME)
(Sidney D. Mitchell / Archie Gottler,   1919)


I've been worried all day long, 
'Cause I know there's something wrong, 
Tho' I've tried hard to smile, 
I have known all the while, 
You're not as true as I've been to you. 
But before I let you go, 
Here's one thing I'd like to know:

Every time I look at you, 
I don't know just what to do. 
I can tell by your eyes are telling me lies, 
you'll go away and leave me someday. 
But before we say farewell, 
There's a thing you'll have to tell:

What do you mean by loving somebody else, 
When your love belongs to me? 
I found you when your kisses didn't have the taste, 
But now they've got the flavor, must they go to waste? 
What do you mean by teaching somebody else, 
All the things you learned from me? 
Just because I taught you how to roll your eyes, 
You don't have to run around and advertise, 
What do you mean by loving somebody else, 
When your love belongs to me?