What Will I Tell My Heart
Melancholy Melodies: Navigating Love's Dilemma in Ella Fitzgerald's What Will I Tell My Heart
Lyrics
I'm trying to explain to friends, dear
I'm attempting to clarify to friends, dear.
The reasons we two are apart
The reasons we are separated.
I know what to tell our friends, dear
I know what to tell our friends, dear.
But what can I tell my heart?
But what explanation can I give to my own heart?
It's easy to say to strangers
It's simple to inform strangers.
That we played the game from the start
We followed the rules of the game from the beginning.
It's easy to lie to strangers
It's easy to deceive strangers.
But what will I tell my heart?
But what will I communicate to my heart?
When I smile to hide all the tears inside
When I smile to conceal the internal tears.
What an ache it will be bring
The pain it will inevitably cause.
Then I'll wander home to a telephone
Then I'll return home to a silent telephone.
That forgot how to ring, ring, ring
That has forgotten how to ring.
I'm telling you'll soon be back, dear
I'm assuring others that you'll return soon, dear.
To fool the whole town may be smart
To deceive the entire town may seem clever.
I'll tell them you'll soon be back, dear
I'll convey that you'll soon be back, dear.
But what will I tell my heart?
But what explanation can I provide to my heart?
I could say that you'll soon be back, dear
I could assert that you'll soon be back, dear.
To fool the whole town may be smart
To deceive the entire town may seem clever.
I'll tell them you'll soon be back, dear
I'll convey that you'll soon be back, dear.
But what will I tell my heart?
But what explanation can I provide to my heart?
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