WHO'S NEXT IN LINE?
(Clyde Otis / Rose Marie McCoy)

as recorded by Nat "King" Cole
with Orchestra conducted by Belford Hendricks
1962


You used me for a stepping stone
Till something better came along!
Now you've moved along and left me behind,
I wonder, darling, who's next in line?

You've left a trail of broken hearts,
Torn into a million parts!
How many more will crumble like mine?
I wonder, darling, who's next in line?

Who will the next fool be?
Who will you kiss like you kissed me?
Who will be next to look in your eyes
And believe all your beautiful lies?

I know, my love, the day will come,
You'll pay for all, all the wrong you've done!
You'll meet someone who isn't so blind,
My darling, your heart is next in line,
My darling, your heart may be next in line,
My darling, your heart may be next in line,
My darling, your heart...



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - July 2014)