Old man sunshine, listen you
Never tell me dreams come true
Just try it and all start a riot
Oprah Winfrey don't you dare
Ever tell me she will care
I'm certain - it's the final curtain
I never want to hear from any cheerful Polly-Anna's
Who tell you fate supplies a mate - it's all bananas

They're writing songs of love
But not for me
A lucky star's above
But not for me
With love to lead the way
I've found more skies of gray
Than any Russian play can guarantee

I was a fool to fall
And get that way
Hi-ho, Alas! and
Also lack-a-day!
Although I can't dismiss
The memory of her kiss
I guess she's not for me

It all began so well
But what an end
This is the time
A fellow needs a friend
The climax of the plot should be a marriage knot
And there's no knot for me


(Ira & George Gershwin)