WHY WAS I BORN ?
From the show "Sweet Adeline" (1929)
(Jerome Kern / Oscar Hammerstein II)

Helen Morgan - 1930
Libby Holman - 1930
Vic Damone - 1949


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 CRY? YOU NEVER HEAR ME 
I'M A POOR FOOL, BUT WHAT CAN I DO? 
WHY WAS I BORN TO LOVE YOU? 

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