Title: Isn't It A Pity
Artist: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Genre: Folk
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T:Isn't It A Pity
T:Isn't It A Pity
C:George Gershwin
Z:All Rights Reserved
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w: He.~~Why did I wan- der,|here and there and yon- der,|Wast- ing prec- ious|time,|For no rea- son or|
w: She.~~While you were flirt- ing|I was bus- y knit- ting,|hop- ing I'd sur-|vive,|Hop- ing you'd * ar-|
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w: rhyme?|Is- n't it a pit- y? *|Is- n't it a crime?|My journ- ey's end- ed;|
w: rive.|All my Dres- den boy- friends were|on- ly half a- live.|Sleep- y was Her- mann,|
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w: Ev- 'ry- thing is splen- did:|Meet- ing you to-|day|Has giv- en me a|
w: Fritz was like a ser- mon,|Hans was such a|bore!|How well you planned it!|
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w: Won- der ful i- dea, _|Here I|stay!|It's a fun- ny thing|
w: I just could- sn't stand it|An- y|more!||
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w: I look at you _|I get a thrill _|I nev- er knew, _|Is- n't it a pit- y|
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w: we nev- er met _ be-|fore?|Here we are at last!|It's like a dream! _|
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w: the two of us. _|A per- fect team! _|Is- n't it a pit- y|
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w: we nev- er met _ be-|fore?|Im- ag- ine all the|
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w: lone- ly years we've|wast- ed:|You, with the neigh- bors,|I, at sil- ly lab- ors;|
w: ||Fish- ing for sal- mon,|Los- ing at back- gam- mon.|
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w: What joys un-|tast- ed!|You, read- ing Hei- ne,|I, some- where in Chi- na.|
w: What joys un-|tast- ed!|My nights were sour _|Spemt with Scho- pen- hau- er.|
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w: Hap- pi- est of men|I'm sure to be, _|If on- ly you _|will say to me, _|
w: Let's for- get the past|Let's both a- gree _|That I'm for you _|and you're for me, _|
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w: "It's an aw- ful pit- y, We|nev- er, nev- er met be-|fore."||
w: And it's such a pit- y, We|nev- er, nev- er met be|||
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