Why did I wander here and there and yonder
Wasting precious time for no reason or rhyme
Isn't it a pity, Isn't it a crime
My journey's ended, everything is splendid
Meeting you today
Has given me a wonderful idea here I stay
Melody
It's a funny thing I look at you
I get a thrill I never knew
Isn't it a pity we never met before
Here we are at last it's like a dream,
The two of us a perfect team.
Isn't it a pity we never met before
Imagine all the lonely years we've wasted
You with the neighbors,
I at silly labors what joys untasted
You reading Heine, me somewhere in China.
Let's forget the past let's both agree
That I'm for you and you're for me
And it's such a pity we never, never met before.
Imagine all the lonely year's we've wasted,
What joys untasted, fishing for salmon,
Losing at backgammon.
My nights were sour spent with Schopenhauer.
Let's forget the past let's both agree
That I'm for you and you're for me
And it's such a pity we never, never met before.