Neglected - Original - Fats Waller

Why am I neglected

And left with my dreams

Dreams that my friends don’t see?

Why am I neglected?

Won’t somebody care for me?

(ah, mercy mercy!)

Why am I selected

To live without love?

I have so much to give!

Why am I neglected?

I’m human, yeah, and I want to live!

(ah mercy baby, you know I want to live!)

Every shift needs a pause like a bird needs a tree

So there must be someone somewhere who’s needing me!

I see love reflected

In millions of eyes

Just as it ought to be, yes!

But tell me, why am I neglected

Won’t somebody care for me?