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But Not For Me
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Ketty Lester
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Words by Ira Gershwin and Music by George Gershwin
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Peaked at # 41 in 1962
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Previously a # 12 hit for Harry James in 1942
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Sung in the 1930 musical "Girl Crazy" by Ginger Rogers and reprised by Willie Howard
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Sung
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in the 1943 film "Girl Crazy" by Judy Garland
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They're writing songs of love, but not for me
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A lucky star's above, but not for me
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With love to lead the way
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I found more clouds are gray
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Than any rainy day, could guarantee
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I was a fool to fall, and get that way
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I should have known the price, I'd have to pay
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Although I can't dismiss
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The memory of his kiss
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I guess he's not, -------------, for me
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From: "Robert Ross"
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Another Version:
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But Not For Me
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George and Ira Gershwin
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- From sheet music.
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They're writing songs of love, but not for me.
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A lucky star's above, but not for me.
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With love to lead the way, I've seen more clouds of gray
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Than any Russian play could guarantee.
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I was a fool to fall and get that way.
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Heigh ho, alas, and also lackaday.
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Although I can't dismiss, the memory of her kiss.
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I guess she's not for me.
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She's knocking on the door, but not for me.
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She'll plan a two by four, but not for me.
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I know that love's a game, I'm puzzled just the same.
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Was I the moth or flame, I'm all at sea.
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It all began so well, but what an end.
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This is the time a feller needs a friend.
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When every happy plot ends with the marriage knot
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And there's no knot for me.
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But Not For Me
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| Ketty Lester |
