Once upon a time

Before I took up smiling

I hated the moonlight

Shadows of the night

That poets find beguiling

Seemed flat as the noonlight

With no one to stay up for

I went to sleep at ten

Life was a bitter cup

For the saddest of all men

Blue moon Now I'm no longer alone

Without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own

Blue moon

You knew just what I was there for

You heard me saying a pray'r for

Someone I really could care for

And then there suddenly appeared before me

The only one my arms will ever hold

I heard somebody whisper "Please adore me"

And when I looked the moon had turned to gold

Blue moon Now I'm no longer alone

Without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own