I had myself a true love - Johnny Mercer,
Harold Arlen
I had myself a true love, a true love that was somethin' to see.
I had myself a true love, at least, that's what I kept on tellin' me.
The first thing in the mornin',
I still try to think up a way to be with him some part of the evenin'……
and that's the way I live through the day.
I had myself a true love, but now he's gone and left me for good.
The Lord knows I done heard those backyard whispers goin' 'round the neighborhood.
There may be a lot of things I miss, a lot of things I don't know, but I do
know this:
Now I ain't got no love, and once upon a time, I had a true love.
In the evenin'! In the doorway, while I stand there and wait for his comin'……
with the house swept, and the clothes hung, and the pot on the stove there a-hummin'……
Where is he?
While I watch the risin' moon:
With that gal in that damn ol' saloon? No! That ain't the way it
used to be.
No! And ev'rybody keeps tellin' me……
there may be a lot of things I miss, a lot of things I don't know, but I do
know this:
Now I ain't got no love,
And once upon a time, I had a true love.
