I'll Walk Alone

Performed by Mary Martin
Recorded May 9, 1944
Written by Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
From the film, "Follow The Boys"

[verse]
They call, no date,
I promised you I'd wait.
I want them all to know I'm strictly single

[chorus]
I'll Walk Alone
because, to tell you the truth, I'll be lonely
I don't mind being lonely
When my heart tells me you are lonely too.
I'll Walk Alone,
they'll ask me why and I'll tell them I'd rather;
There are dreams I must gather,
Dreams we fashioned the night you held me tight.
I'll always be near you, wherever you are,
Each night in ev'ry prayer.
If you call I'll hear you, no matter how far;
Just close your eyes and I'll be there.
Please walk alone
and send your love and your kisses to guide me.
Till you're walking beside me, I'll Walk Alone.

I'll always be near you, wherever you are,
Each night in ev'ry prayer.
If you call I'll hear you, no matter how far;
Just close your eyes and I'll be there.
Please walk alone
and send your love and your kisses to guide me.
Till you're walking beside me, I'll Walk Alone.

[lyrics modified from the original sheet music]