How Could You?

Written for: San Quentin (1937)
Performer: Ann Sheridan
Lyric: Al Dubin
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1937
Original publisher: Remick Music Corp.

Verse:

I dreamed how wonderful our love affair would be;
I hate to tell you how you've disappointed me.
And though you did intrigue me as no man did before,
If I had loved you less, you might have loved me more, for;

Chorus 1:

Just when romance got a start,
You decided it was time to part;
How could you, how could you?
It was on a night like this,
You left me and didn't leave a kiss;
How could you, how could you?
You know that love is just like apple pie,
It's either sweet or tart;
You could be the apple of my eye,
But you, you, you upset the applecart.
I was looking forward to
All those little things you didn't do;
How could you, could you, could you break my heart?

Chorus 2:

It's too bad, you were too good,
Nothing happened like I thought it would;
How could you, how could you?
Maybe what you did was right,
But on such a lovely moonlight night;
How could you, how could you?
For when my lips were burning, you kept cool,
And though you think you're smart;
If you're not a coward, you're a fool,
'Cause you, you, you upset the applecart.
I thought here it is, at last,
Thought I'd be a lady with a past;
How could you, could you, could you break my heart?