NOBODY'S USING IT NOW
(Victor Schertzinger / Clifford Grey)

Maurice Chevalier
Also recorded by : Larry Carr; Debroy Somers Band.


Just look at me, I think my heart will break
Nobody seems to take me seriously.
Honestly, I’m just as lonely as a man can be.

The rest mean nothing at all
And when the shadows fall
The moon is only wasting time on me
Candidly, there must be something awful wrong with me

I’ve a pair of arms, to hug and hold
But nobody’s using them now
I’ve loads of love that could be sold
But nobody’s using them now
I’ve a world of time that’s all my own
They say that you go silly if you spend it alone
I’m telling the truth, I’m just wasting my youth
‘cos nobody’s using it now, no, no, no, no,
Nobody’s using it now.

There’s a bridal suite in gold and blue
But nobody’s using it now.
I’ve learnt to wear pyjamas too, Heh!
What’s the use of wearing them now
I’ve sown wild oats, I have indeed,
But now that I’ve stopped sowing them I’m going to seed
For years and for years I’ve had great ideas
But nobody’s using them now, no, no, no, no,
Nobody’s using them now

I’ve a big settee with fit-on springs
But nobody’s using it now
I’ve some pleasing wealth, and other things
But nobody’s using them now
I’m a family man who’s out of sorts
I’m just a loving papa with a great lot of thoughts
I blush to admit I’ve seen plenty of ‘it’
But nobody’s using it now, no, no, no, no,
Nobody’s using it now.



(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - November 2004)