(Verse)
Why did you let me love you?
Why did you let me fall?
Why should it be
When it's plain to see
That you can't see me at all?

(Chorus)
I need your love so badly
I love you, oh, so madly
But I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you

I thought at last I'd found you
But other loves surround you
And I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you

If you'd surrender
Just for a tender
Kiss or two
You might discover
That I'm the lover
Meant for you
And I'd be true

But what's the use of scheming?
I know I must be dreaming
For I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you
(scat break)

And I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you

If you'd surrender
Just for a tender
Kiss or two
You might discover
That I'm the lover
Meant for you
And I'd be true

But what's the use of scheming?
I know I must be dreaming
For I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you