Vanity 1951 Don Cherry

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 14 Sept 2012
2012

They call it vanity
because I'd rather be
all by myself
instead of laughing
with the crowd!
If I don't care to be
part of their gaiety
they often say to me
"Don't be so proud!"
But how are they to know
I'm looking high and low
for love that used to be my own.
I never even glance
when I'm offered new romance,
I can't because I'm yours alone!
Till you forgive again
I'll never live again
so will it be
as long as we are far apart.
It may be vanity
to think you'd come to me,
but is it vanity
to hide a broken heart?

They call it vanity
because I'd rather be
all by myself
instead of laughing
with the crowd!
If I don't care to be
part of their gaiety
they often say to me
"Don't be so proud!"
But how are they to know
I'm looking high and low
for love that used to be my own.
I never even glance
when I'm offered new romance,
I can't because I'm yours alone!
Till you forgive again
I'll never live again
so will it be
as long as we are far apart.
It may be vanity
to think you'd come to me,
but is it vanity
to hide a broken heart?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Vanity 1951 Don Cherry
Music by Guy Wood
Lyrics by Jack Manus & Bernard Bierman
© 1951 by Jeffereson Music Co.Inc.  New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 14 September 2012 at 17.42
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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score courtesy The Late Doug Grierson
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