Lyrics

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

Could guarantee.

I was a fool to fall

And get that way

Heigh ho alas and

Also lackaday.

Although I can't dismiss

The memory of his kiss

I guess he's not for me.

I know that love's a game

I'm puzzled all the same

Was I the moth or flame

I'm all at sea.

It all began so well

But what an end.

This time a gal could sure

Use a friend

When every happy plot

Ends in a marriage knot

And there's no knot for me.

Writer(s): Gershwin George, Gershwin Ira

Album Retrospective 1990-2005 (Deluxe Version)

date of release

27-09-2005

1 She Devil - Outake from Ophelia Recording Session
2 Cowboy Romance - Outtake from The House Carpenter's Daughter Recording Session
3 Sally Ann - Remastered
4 Owensboro - Remastered
5 The Lowlands Of Holland (with The Chieftains) - Remastered
6 Bread And Circuses (with Natalie Merchant) - Remastered
7 Because I Could Not Stop For Death (with Susan McKeown & The Chanting House) - Remastered
8 Party Of God (with Billy Bragg) - Remastered
9 Wonder (Single Version) - Remastered
10 Carnival - Remastered
11 Jealousy - Remastered
12 San Andreas Fault - Remastered
13 Kind & Generous - Remastered
14 Break Your Heart - Remastered
15 Life Is Sweet - Remastered
16 The Living - Remastered
17 Build A Levee - Remastered
18 Not In This Life - Remastered
19 Motherland - Remastered
20 Children Go Where I Send Thee - Remastered
21 Birds And Ships (feat. Natalie Merchant) - Remastered
22 One Fine Day - Remastered
23 Thick As Thieves - 2005 Version
24 Tell Yourself - 2005 Version
25 But Not For Me - Remastered
26 I Know How To Do It - Remastered
27 Come Take A Trip In My Airship - Remastered

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