Isn't It A Pity?

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!

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

I somewhere in China

Happiest of men

I'm sure to be

If only you

Will say to me

"It's an awful pity

We never, never met before"

While you were flitting

I was busy knitting

How did you survive

Waiting 'til I'd arrive?

All my Dresden boyfriends

Were only half alive

Sleepy was Hermann

Fritz was like a sermon

Hans was such a bore

How well I planned it

I just couldn't stand it

Anymore

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

For you're more than pretty

And I have charm galore

Imagine all the lonely years we've wasted

You up in Norway

I around my doorway

What joys untasted

If you'd been handy

'Twould have been just dandy

Isn't it a shame

We had to wait?

But thank the Lord

It's not too late

Still, it's such a pity

We never, never met before!

Love your funny smile

Your twinkling eye

That's very nice

For so do I

Isn't it a pity

We never met before?

Put your hand in mine

A perfect fit

We never knew

Just think of it!

Isn't it a pity

We never met before?

Imagine all the lonely years I've wasted

Fishing for salmon

Losing at backgammon

What joys untasted

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!