The End Of A Love Affair 1950

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 Dec 2005

So I walk a little too fast,
and I drive a little too fast,
and I'm reckless, it's true,
but what else can you do,
at the end of a love affair?
So I talk a little too much,
and I laugh a little too much,
and my voice is too loud,
when I'm out in a crowd,
so that people are apt to stare.
Do they know, do they care,
that it's only that I'm lonely
and low as can be?
And the smile on my face
isn't really a smile at all!
So I smoke a little too much,
and I drink a little too much,
and the tunes I request
are not always the best,
but the ones where the trumpets blare!
So I go at a maddening pace,
and I pretend that it's taking her place,
but what else can you do,
at the end of a love affair?

So I walk a little too fast,
and I drive a little too fast,
and I'm reckless, it's true,
but what else can you do,
at the end of a love affair?
So I talk a little too much,
and I laugh a little too much,
and my voice is too loud,
when I'm out in a crowd,
so that people are apt to stare.
Do they know, do they care,
that it's only that I'm lonely
and low as can be?
And the smile on my face
isn't really a smile at all!
So I smoke a little too much,
and I drink a little too much,
and the tunes I request
are not always the best,
but the ones where the trumpets blare!
So I go at a maddening pace,
and I pretend that it's taking her place,
but what else can you do,
at the end of a love affair?

Dear Dorothy Dix:
I'm in an awful fix,
I thought she was in love with me,
but found that she was only
up to her old tricks!

Dear Emily Post:
No wiser, I, than most,
please exercise your nimble brain,
and tell me how a girl
can entertain a ghost!

So I'm writing to you for advice,
ladies,
the situation isn't very nice,
ladies,
I find myself completely at a loss,
ladies,
my heart, and not my mind, is boss!

So I walk a little too fast,
and I drive a little too fast,
and I'm reckless, it's true,
but what else can you do,
at the end of a love affair?
So I talk a little too much,
and I laugh a little too much,
and my voice is too loud,
when I'm out in a crowd,
so that people are apt to stare.
Do they know, do they care,
that it's only that I'm lonely
and low as can be?
And the smile on my face
isn't really a smile at all!
So I smoke a little too much,
and I drink a little too much,
and the tunes I request
are not always the best,
but the ones where the trumpets blare!
So I go at a maddening pace,
and I pretend that it's taking her place,
but what else can you do,
at the end of a love affair?

So I walk a little too fast,
and I drive a little too fast,
and I'm reckless, it's true,
but what else can you do,
at the end of a love affair?
So I talk a little too much,
and I laugh a little too much,
and my voice is too loud,
when I'm out in a crowd,
so that people are apt to stare.
Do they know, do they care,
that it's only that I'm lonely
and low as can be?
And the smile on my face
isn't really a smile at all!
So I smoke a little too much,
and I drink a little too much,
and the tunes I request
are not always the best,
but the ones where the trumpets blare!
So I go at a maddening pace,
and I pretend that it's taking her place,
but what else can you do,
at the end of a love affair?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The End Of A Love Affair 1950
Words and Music by Edward C. Redding
© 1950 by MCA Mus. Pub.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 15 December 2005 at 00.24
in association with Doug Grierson
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