I'm A Failure - 1934 - Dame Gracie Fields

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 20 Sept 2001

I tried my best to please you,
I've studied all your ways,
I told you I would love you
for the remainder of my days,
but ev'ry look you cast my way
means nothing, and the words you say
are only echoes empty and gone,
haunting my dreams like a vanished song.

I'm a failure but only dear with you,
you took my heart dear,
and then found someone new,
there once was a time
when you gave your love to me,
Along came another
and then you set me free,
I know I'm a failure
you plainly told me this,
not in words dear,
but when I felt your kiss,
I thought that I had ev'rything,
I could wish for nothing new,
but I'm still a failure dear with you.

I'm a failure but only dear with you,
you took my heart dear,
and then found someone new,
there once was a time
when you gave your love to me,
Along came another
and then you set me free,
I know I'm a failure
you plainly told me this,
not in words dear,
but when I felt your kiss,
I thought that I had ev'rything,
I could wish for nothing new,
but I'm still a failure dear with you.

You've had the best of giving,
my ev'ry thought was true,
now lonely days are my reward
for the worshipping of you,
and yet though you have said
'Farewell' and gone your way,
I wish you well for giving me
a memory dear,
Deepening sweet with each passing year.

I'm a failure but only dear with you,
you took my heart dear,
and then found someone new,
there once was a time
when you gave your love to me,
Along came another
and then you set me free,
I know I'm a failure
you plainly told me this,
not in words dear,
but when I felt your kiss,
I thought that I had ev'rything,
I could wish for nothing new,
but I'm still a failure dear with you.

I'm a failure but only dear with you,
you took my heart dear,
and then found someone new,
there once was a time
when you gave your love to me,
Along came another
and then you set me free,
I know I'm a failure
you plainly told me this,
not in words dear,
but when I felt your kiss,
I thought that I had ev'rything,
I could wish for nothing new,
but I'm still a failure dear with you.

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I'm A Failure 1934 Dame Gracie Fields

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I'm A Failure 1934 Dame Gracie Fields
by May Thompson
© MCMXXXIV The Cameo Music Publishing Co., London
sequenced for Piano by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Thursday 20 Sept 2001 at 23.01
in association with Doug Grierson
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© James Pitt-Payne, London UK, 2001
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