Melancholy Mood (07-13-39) - Harry James

Melancholy mood forever haunts me

Steals upon me in the night, forever taunts me

Oh, what a lonely soul am I, stranded high and dry

By a melancholy mood

Gone is every joy and inspiration

Tears are all I have to show, no consolation

All I can see is grief and gloom, till the crack of doom

Oh, melancholy mood

Deep in the night I search for a trace

Of a lingering kiss, a warm embrace

But love is a whimsy, as flimsy as lace

And my arms embrace an empty space

Melancholy mood, why must you blind me

Pity me and break the chains, the chains that bind me

Won’t you release me, set me free, bring her back to me

Oh, melancholy mood