Isn't It a Pity Songtext
von Ella Fitzgerald

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 journeys 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 you′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

It′s an awful pity
We never, never met before