To Love You and to Lose You / Listen to My Song

[Part I: To Love You and to Lose You]

[Verse 1: Blossom Dearie]
To love you and to lose you
Has been my empty fate
I stood at heaven's gate
But fell to earth from high above

[Verse 2: Blossom Dearie]
It's better far to lose you
Than never had the bliss
Of your responding kiss
When we were both in love

[Bridge: Blossom Dearie]
My love for you will never waver
No matter if we stay apart
I thank you for the tiny favor
You once bestowed upon my heart

[Verse 3: Blossom Dearie]
The days through which I'm going
Are worth the going through
Because my thoughts of you
Are not the bitter kind

[Interlude: Blossom Dearie]
You will always be a dream to me
That destiny designed
And though you're gone
I still live on
With only you in mind

[Verse 4: Blossom Dearie]
To love you and to lose you
Was never meant to be
But you can never take
Away my memory

[Part II: Listen to My Song]

[Verse 1: Arthur Siegel]
When man was first created
I'm sure his maker meant
He'd be of good intent
Kind heart and love, forgiving wrong

[Verse 2: Arthur Siegel]
And though through ages fated
To climb our wandering way
At last we'll find the day
When joy shall be our song

[Bridge: Arthur Siegel]
I hear from every doubting Thomas
The world's a mighty cruel place
The broken heart, the broken promise
The evil of the human race

[Verse 3: Arthur Siegel]
But you and I don't think so
We know there's something still
Of good beyond such ill
Of right beyond the wrong

[Interlude: Arthur Siegel]
And we'll never lose our faith and hope
And trust in all mankind
We'll work and strive
While we're alive
That better way to find

[Verse 4: Arthur Siegel]
As up and down I wander
My weary way and long
I meet all kinds of folks
Who listen to my song