Solitude

1934 (In My Solitude)
music Duke Ellington
lyrics Eddie DeLange and Irving Mill
Ellington’s recording in September 1935 reached No. 2 on the charts

In my solitude you haunt me
With reveries of days gone by
In my solitude you taunt me
With memories that never die
I sit in my chair
I’m filled with despair
There’s no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I’ll soon go mad
In my solitude
I’m praying
Dear Lord above
Send back my love