“Something To Live For” was recorded on August 11, 1971; it is a previously unreleased outtake from the album Summer of ’42.
I have almost ev’ry thing a human could desire
Cars and houses, bear-skin rugs to lie before my fire
But there’s something missing
Something isn’t there
It seems I’m negver kissing the one whom I care for
I want Something To Live For
Someone to make my life an adventurous dream
Oh, what wouln’t I give for
Someone who’d take my life and make it seem
Gay as they say it ought to be
Why can’t I have love like that brought to me?
My eye is watching the noon crowds
Searching the promenades seeking a clue
To the one who will someday be my
Something To Live For
I want Something To Live For
Someone to make my life an adventurous dream
Oh, what wouln’t I give for
Someone who’d take my life and make it seem
Gay as they say it ought to be
Why can’t I have love like that brought to me?
My eye is watching the noon crowds
Searching the promenades seeking a clue
To the one who will someday be my
Something To Live For
Something To Live For (1971 Version) was written by Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington.
Something To Live For (1971 Version) was produced by Howard A. Roberts & Teo Macero.
Tony-bennett released Something To Live For (1971 Version) on Wed Aug 11 1971.