The ballroom was quiet and empty the band it had played the last waltz
The beautiful moonbeams from heaven o'er lovers so softly did fall
A boy from the band saw me standing and down o'er the floor made his way
Are you waiting your sweetheart he asked me then to him those words I did say

When that someone you love doesn't love you and you are lonely and sad
Fate dealt a hand and you've lost it the best pal that you ever had
Each appeal that you made was a failure your romance had come to the end
And that someone you love doesn't love you that's when your heartaches begin
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When that someone you love...