Isn't It A Pity?
Composer(s): George Gershwin; Ira Gershwin
First performance by: George Givot & Josephine Huston - 1933
Covered by multiple other artists



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 journey's 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 we've wasted
You with the neighbors, I at silly labors 
What joys untasted
You reading Heine, me somewhere in China

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

Imagine all the lonely year's we'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