Play Me a Hurtin' Tune
Play me a hurtin' tune
I wanna an old time hurtin' tune
Make me sigh, make me cry
Make me wanna lay down an' die!
 
Oh! Play me a hurtin' tune
A tear your heart out hurtin' tune
Of a true, sweetheart who 
lost her lover an' feels so blue
 
I love those "How could you be so cruel, 
treatin' me like a fool?" songs!
I love those "Now that I know we're thru, 
what am I gonna do?" songs!
 
Please! Play me a hurtin' tune
I wanna an old time hurtin' tune
Make me sad an' I'll be glad
'Cause I feel so good when I feel so bad!
 
< instrumental break > 
 
( We love to feel so sad, we love to feel so bad,
go on an' beat me, mistreat me, go ahead an' cheat me, 
I like it, I like it, we like it! )
 
< instrumental break > 
 
Ah! Make me sigh ( make me cry! )
Make me wanna lay down an' die!
 
< instrumental break > 
 
A tear your heart out hurtin' tune
Of a true, sweetheart who 
lost her lover an' feels so blue
 
I love those . . .  ( "How could you be so cruel, 
treat me like a fool?" songs! )
I love those . . . ( "Now that I know we're thru, 
what am I gonna do?" songs! )
 
Please! Play me a hurtin' tune
I wanna an old time hurtin' tune
Make me sad an' I'll be glad
'Cause I feel so good when I feel so bad!
 
< violin solo > 
 
Oh look it girls, he's playin' our song!
Play us a hurtin' tune
We wanna an old time hurtin' tune
Make us sad, we'll be glad
'Cause we feel so good when we feel so sad!
 
Music by Sydney Lippman
with lyrics by Sylvia Dee
Aria Music Co. / Edward Proffitt Music ~ASCAP
Original RCA Recording
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
and The Fontane Sisters
Produced by Hugo Winterhalter
Recorded in RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City
Recorded January 29, 1952
 

Perry Como ~ Mr. Saturday Night!

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