Why Was I Born

Ella Fitzgerald · Best Of Song Book Sessions [1993]

Spending these lonesome evenings with nothing to do but to live in dreams that I make up all by myself.

Dreaming that you're beside me, I picture the prettiest story only to wake up all by myself

What is the good of me by myself?



Why was I born?

Why am I living?

What do I get?

What am I giving?

Why do I want a thing I darn't hope for?

What can I hope for? I wish I knew.



Why do I try to draw you near me?

Why do I cry? You never hear me?

I'm a poor fool but what can I do?

Why was I born to love you?



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I'm a poor fool but what can I do?

Why was I born to love you?