I Wanna Be Around Lyrics

I Wanna Be Around lyrics

I Wanna Be Around 

  

 - Artist: Tony Bennett as sung on "Tony Bennett's Greatest Hits, Vol. III" 

 Columbia CL 2313 

 - peak Billboard position # 14 in 1963 

 - Words and Music by Sadie Vimmerstedt and Johnny Mercer 

  

  

 I wanna be around to pick up the pieces 

 When somebody breaks your heart 

 Some somebody twice as smart as I 

  

 A somebody who will swear to be true 

 As you used to do with me 

 Who'll leave you to learn 

 That mis'ry loves company, wait and see 

  

 I mean, I wanna be around to see how he does it 

 When he breaks your heart to bits 

 Let's see if the puzzle fits so fine 

  

 And that's when I'll discover that revenge is sweet 

 As I sit there applaudin' from a front-row seat 

 When somebody breaks your heart 

 Like you, like you broke mine 

  

  

 Transcribed by Robin Hood 

  

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