WHERE WERE YOU?
Feather

as rec by Nat "King" Cole w Pete Rugolo & his Orch  1952


You said you'd always love me,
Told me that you'd be true;
But when my money was spent
And I owed for the rent,
Where were you?

I used to feed you lamb chops,
Lived up on Park Avenue;
But when we ran out of cash
And we had to eat hash,
Where were you?

Whenever dark clouds gather
And nothing's goin' right,
That's when I find
You're never out of my mind;
You're always out of sight!

We had a rich friend to dinner,
He was good lookin' too!
But when he went back to town
And I looked all around,
Where were you?

Whenever I feel real lonesome,
I miss your tender lips!
I look all around,
But where you ought to be found,
I find a total eclipse!

We walked up the aisle to the alter,
But somehow you missed your cue;
'Cause when the preacher said, "Pal,
Do you take this gal?",
Where were you?

In Indiana?
Or Alabama?
Carolina?
Or maybe China?
Baby, where were you?





(Contributed by Peter Akers - August 2010)