I Had To Change The Words 1933

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 1Apr2025
2025

I never was a poet,
but love was in my heart,
the day I wrote a song about you.
Of course you didn't know it,
but now that we're apart,
the song has lost its meaning too.

And for you I wrote a melody
and the words were sweet as they could be,
since you've gone I haven't
changed the melody,
I had to change the words.
When I heard you say "This is the end,"
and I knew my heart would never mend,
words and music somehow
didn't seem to blend,
I had to change the words.
First I took "My only one"
turned it into "Lonely one,"
"Blue skies" in to "grey"
then I took "For ever more,"
turned it into "Never more,"
I'm sorry to say.
If some day you should come back to me
just for you I'll sing that melody,
and you'll hear it just
the way it used to be
before I changed the words.

And for you I wrote a melody
and the words were sweet as they could be,
since you've gone I haven't
changed the melody,
I had to change the words.
When I heard you say "This is the end,"
and I knew my heart would never mend,
words and music somehow
didn't seem to blend,
I had to change the words.
First I took "My only one"
turned it into "Lonely one,"
"Blue skies" in to "grey"
then I took "For ever more,"
turned it into "Never more,"
I'm sorry to say.
If some day you should come back to me
just for you I'll sing that melody,
and you'll hear it just
the way it used to be
before I changed the words.

You led me to believe, dear,
that we should never part,
that's why I wrote the song about you.
My kisses you'd receive, dear,
and fold me to your heart,
but now you tell me we are through.

And for you I wrote a melody
and the words were sweet as they could be,
since you've gone I haven't
changed the melody,
I had to change the words.
When I heard you say "This is the end,"
and I knew my heart would never mend,
words and music somehow
didn't seem to blend,
I had to change the words.
First I took "My only one"
turned it into "Lonely one,"
"Blue skies" in to "grey"
then I took "For ever more,"
turned it into "Never more,"
I'm sorry to say.
If some day you should come back to me
just for you I'll sing that melody,
and you'll hear it just
the way it used to be
before I changed the words.

And for you I wrote a melody
and the words were sweet as they could be,
since you've gone I haven't
changed the melody,
I had to change the words.
When I heard you say "This is the end,"
and I knew my heart would never mend,
words and music somehow
didn't seem to blend,
I had to change the words.
First I took "My only one"
turned it into "Lonely one,"
"Blue skies" in to "grey"
then I took "For ever more,"
turned it into "Never more,"
I'm sorry to say.
If some day you should come back to me
just for you I'll sing that melody,
and you'll hear it just
the way it used to be
before I changed the words.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I Had To Change The Words 1933
Lyrics & Music By Geo.J.Bennett, Charles Tobias & Rubey Cowan
© MCMXXXIII by Southern Music Publishing Co.Inc.  New York
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sequence & karaoke by Jmes Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 1 April 2025 at 15.26
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne