"Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry" is a 1944 Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn torch song, which appeared in the show "Glad To See You".
"Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry"; Sammy Cahn (lyrics), Jule Styne (music), (c)1944 Chappell $ Co. YouTube performance featuring solo Baritone Saxophone is a Backtalk Unlimited production.
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"Glad To See You" opened in Boston and then folded without ever having reached a Broadway stage. In the interim, "Tears" has become a jazz standard and has been recorded by a large number of prominent jazz and pop artists.
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The torch I carry is handsome
It's worth its heartache in ransom
And when the twilight steals
I know how the lady in the harbor feels
When I want rain, I get sunny weather
I'm just as blue as the sky
Since love is gone, can't pull myself together
Guess I'll hang my tears out to dry
Friends ask me out, and I tell them I'm busy
Must get a new alibi
I stay at home, and ask myself "Where is she?"
Guess I'll hang my tears out to dry
Dry little tear drops, my little tear drops
Hanging on a stream of dreams
Fly, little mem'ries, my little mem'ries
Remind her of our crazy schemes
Yes, somebody said "Just forget about her"
So I gave that treatment a try
And strangely enough, I got along without her
Then one day she passed me right by
Oh well
I guess I'll hang my tears out to dry
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