WHEN THEY ASK ABOUT YOU
Sammy H Stept   1943

as rec by Kitty Kallen w Jimmy Dorsey & his Orch   
Oct 27th 1943


I'm so afraid of goin' out
And I'm so tired of stayin' in;
My future doesn't look serene,
'Cause every time that I go out
I wish that I'd stayed in!
It's always the same routine.

When I go for a walk
and meet old friends we knew,
We sit around and just talk,
Then they ask about you.

What's the good if I say
That you and I are through?
I tell them you're away
When they ask about you.

They wonder where we've been
And why we never call;
I take it on the chin,
Until the teardrops fall.

They don't mean to be smart,
But if they only knew
They're stepping on my heart
When they ask about you!

They don't mean to be smart,
But if they only knew
They're stepping on my heart
When they ask about you,
When they ask about you,
When they ask about you!






(Contributed by Peter Akers - May 2009)