YOU'RE JUST A LOVER
(Raymond B. Egan / Nacio Herb Brown)

Rudy Vallée & His Connecticut Yankees - 1931
Ben Bernie & His Orch. - 1931
Georges Metaxa (with Nat Shilkret's Orch.) - 1931
Bud Leonard & His Pennsylvanians - 1931





As recorded by GEORGES METAXA with
Nat Shilkret & his Orch., August 193, New York:


You're just a lover,
Just a wandering lover.
You've made me make my confession,
Romancing is your profession!

My leads amuse you,
And though I lose you,
Let me stay,
If just for a day,
And be loved, be loved by you!

The evening was new,
And hurrying through
A meadow of blue,
The happy stars knew!
Waited for you,
They saw me there too,
Lover!

I happened to sigh
When you happened by,
And smiled in reply;
My heart stopped, and I was bashful and shy,
I never knew why,
Lover!

I was just a fleeting quest, and we
Loved and blindly followed our destiny!

The dew on the lawn
Was cold in the dawn,
The night hurried on,
The stars had withdrawn.
A kiss in the dawn
And then you were gone,
Lover!

My leads amuse you,
And though I lose you,
Let me stay,
If just for a day,
And be loved, be loved by you!


(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2013)


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As recorded by RUDY VALÉE:

The evening was new
A meadow of blue
I waited for you
Lover

I happened to sigh
You smiled in reply
I was bashful and shy
Lover

Night was just a fleeting quest, and we
Loved and blindly followed our destiny

The call of the dawn
The night hurries on
And then you are gone
Lover

You're just a lover
Just a wandering lover
You've made me make my confession
Romancing is your profession

My lips amuse you
And though I lose you
Let me stay, if just for a day
And be loved, beloved by you

(Orchestral Interlude)

Let me stay, if just for a day
And be loved, beloved by you


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2013)