Anthony Newley Follow

By Myself

Written by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz

The party's over, the game is ended,
the dreams I dreamed went up in smoke.
They didn't pan out as I had intended;
I should know how to take a joke.

I'll go my way by myself
This is the end of romance.
I'll go my way by myself
Love is only a dance.

I'll try to apply myself
And teach my heart to sing.
I'll go my way by myself
Like a bird on the wing.

I'll face the unknown,
I'll build a world of my own;
No one knows better than I myself,
I'm by myself alone.

I'll go my way by myself
Here's how the comedy ends.
I'll have to deny myself
Love and laughter and friends.

Grey clouds in sky above
Have put a blot on my fun.
I'll try to fly high above
For a place in the sun.

I'll face the unknown
I'll build a world of my own;
No one knows better than I myself
I'm by myself alone.