"By Myself" lyrics - CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT

CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT
"By Myself"
(Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz)

I'll go my way by myself
This is the end of romance
I'll go my way by myself
Love is only a dance

I'll try to apply myself
And teach my heart how to sing
I'll go my way by myself
Like a bird on the wing

And I'll face the unknown
I'll build a world of my own
No one knows better than I, myself
I'm by myself, alone

[Piano break]

I know that love's an overrated pass-time
It's the last time I'll ever be anything but fancy free

And I'll face the unknown
I'll build a world of my own
No one knows better than I, myself
I'm by myself, alone

Alone
Alone