I Get Along Without You Very Well - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra

Composed by Carmichael several years after being given Mrs. Thompson’s

unsigned poem by a student at Indiana University.

After an extensive

search, the author was located but she died the night before the song was

introduced by Dick Powell on a network radio program.

Sung by Hoagy Carmichael and Jane Russell in the 1952 film The Las Vegas

Story.

I get along without you very well,

Of course I do;

Except when soft rains fall and drip from leaves,

Then I recall the thrill of being sheltered in your arms,

Of course I do.

But I get along without you very well.

I’ve forgotten you, just like I should,

Of course I have;

Except to hear your name

Or someone’s laugh that is the same.

But I’ve forgotten you just like I should,

What a guy!

What a fool am I to think my breaking heart

Could kid the moon.

What’s in store?

Should I 'phone once more?

No it’s best that I stick to my tune.

I get along without you very well,

Of course I do;

Except perhaps in spring,

But I should never think of spring

For that would surely break my heart in two.