You’re mean to me
Why must you be mean to me
Gee, honey, it seems to me
You love to see me cryin'
I don’t know why
I stay home each night
When you say you’ll phone
You don’t and I’m left alone
Singing the blues and sighin'
You treat me coldly
Each day in the year
You always scold me
Whenever somebody is near, dear
It must be great fun to be mean to me
You shouldn’t, for can’t you see
What you mean to me
Sweetheart I love you
Think the world of you
But I’m afraid you don’t care for me
You never show it
Don’t let me know it
Everyone says I’m a fool to be
Pining the whole day through
Why do you act like you do?
You’re mean to me
Why must you be mean to me?
Gee, honey, it seems to me
You love to see me cryin'
I don’t know why
I stay home each night
When you say you’ll phone
You don’t and I’m left alone
Singing the blues and sighin'
You treat me coldly
Each day in the year
You always scold me
Whenever somebody is near, dear
It must be great fun for you
Can’t you see what you’re doing to me
Please tell me why you’re so mean to me
That’s all?
This is one of my favorite songs of all time and I just realized that it was recorded on February 20th in 1929, which is crazy because my birthday is on February 20th in 1997!! I'm honestly floored that I had no clue.
Having explored your channel and comment sections more I'm a little bit floored by the kind of person you seem to be as well.. I was having the worst kind of night, I assure you, but I have more hope for humanity having stumbled across this treasure of a channel. Thank you for being you!!!
This is such a beautiful song. But it's kinda sad to think almost all the people who originally heard except kids and teenagers of the time are now dead
Thanks for that info! I love Kirabelle's voice, she "done" justice to Annette's Mean to Me. Will never get to Michigan to see her, but I'll look for her when I'm in Nashville.
This song was referenced in Charles Bukowski's documentary "Born Into This". Bukowski had a young girlfriend who always used to run out on him so he'd sing her this song when she came home.