Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

Composer

Jule Styne

Lyricist

Sammy Cahn

Published

June 20, 1949

Album

Frankly Sentimental

Artist

Frank Sinatra

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Release

June 20, 1949

Recording

July 30, 1946

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"Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" is a song from Frankly Sentimental. It was also featured in Frank Sinatra's 1958 album Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely.

Lyrics

The torch I carry is handsome
It's worth its heartache in ransom
But 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, I tell them I'm busy
I must get a new alibi
I stay at home, and ask myself: "Who is he?"
Guess I'll hang my tears out to dry

Dry little tear drops, my little tear drops
Hanging on a string of dreams
Fly little memories, my little memories
Remind me of our crazy schemes

Somebody said, just forget about her
So I gave that treatment a try
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