Lyrics - Why Was I Born? by Frank Sinatra

Why was
I born, why am
I livin’?
What do
I get, what am
I givin’?
Why do
I want a thing
I daren’t hope for?
What can
I hope for?
I wish
I knew
Why do
I try to draw you near me?
Why do
I do
I cry? you never hear me
I’m a poor fool, but what can
I do?
Why was
I born to love you? <instrumental-first two lines of second verse>
I’m a poor fool, but what can
I do?
Why was
I born to love you?
Some other versions may include an intro:
Spending these lonesome evenings with nothing to do
But to live in dreams that
I make up all by myself
Dreaming that you’re beside me,
I picture the prettiest stories
Only to wake up all by myself what is the good of me by myself?

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