It had to be you, it had to be you,

I wandered around an' finally found

Somebody who

Could make me be true

Could make me be blue

And even be glad, just to be sad, thinkin' of you,

Some others I've seen

Might never be mean

Might never be cross, or try to be boss,

But they wouldn't do

For nobody else gave me a thrill,

With all your faults, I love you still,

It had to be you, wonderful you, it had to be you!

Some others I've seen

Might never be mean

Might never be cross, or try to be boss,

But they wouldn't do

Nobody else gave me a thrill,

With all your faults, I love you still,

It had to be you, wonderful you, it had to be you!

It just had to be you!

~ from the 1944 Hollywood musical "Show Business"

Music by Isham Jones and lyrics by Gus Kahn, 1924, 1944