I've Got To Sing A Torch Song

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(Harry Warren / Al Dubin)

Ray Noble and His Orchestra

From the film "The Gold Diggers of 1933"

This Busby Berkeley extravaganza features the masterpiece, "My Forgotten Man" performed by the greats Joan Blondell and Etta Moten Barnett.

Must see. https://youtu.be/fznct7wfhj4

I've gotta sing a torch song
For that's the way I feel
When I feel a thing
That I can sing
It must be real

I couldn't sing a gay song
It wouldn't be sincere
I could never croon
A happy tune
Without a tear

I have my dreams, but one by one
They vanish in the sky
I try to smile and face the sun
But romances passes by.

I've gotta sing a torch song
To someone far apart
For the torch I bear
Is burning there
Right in my heart

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