That's Why I Need You Tonight 1934

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 Mar 2012
2012

You'll wonder why
I've written this letter, dear,
After the way I've treated you.
I've been all wrong,
I deserve no sympathy
but I need you now
more than ever before.

My friends have turned me down
ev'rywhere I meet a frown,
that's why I need you tonight,
I'm alone with a mem'ry of two
but my mem'ries can't help me like you.
My heart that used to sing
is a lonely broken thing,
I'm a child in the dark needing light,
I still love you,
why pretend
and without you
life must end,
That's why I need you tonight

My friends have turned me down
ev'rywhere I meet a frown,
that's why I need you tonight,
I'm alone with a mem'ry of two
but my mem'ries can't help me like you.
My heart that used to sing
is a lonely broken thing,
I'm a child in the dark needing light,
I still love you,
why pretend
and without you
life must end,
That's why I need you tonight

I'm sorry now
that I've ever let you down,
Life without you
doesn't mean a thing.
Each night I pray
that some day
you'll come back to me
and you'll give me one chance
to find last romance.

My friends have turned me down
ev'rywhere I meet a frown,
that's why I need you tonight,
I'm alone with a mem'ry of two
but my mem'ries can't help me like you.
My heart that used to sing
is a lonely broken thing,
I'm a child in the dark needing light,
I still love you,
why pretend
and without you
life must end,
That's why I need you tonight

My friends have turned me down
ev'rywhere I meet a frown,
that's why I need you tonight,
I'm alone with a mem'ry of two
but my mem'ries can't help me like you.
My heart that used to sing
is a lonely broken thing,
I'm a child in the dark needing light,
I still love you,
why pretend
and without you
life must end,
That's why I need you tonight.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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That's Why I Need You Tonight 1934
by Michael Carr & Lewis Ilda
© MCMXXXIV by The Irwin Dash Music Co.Ltd.  London
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 16 March 2012 at 19.09
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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