- Artist: Tony Bennett as sung on "Tony Bennett's Greatest Hits, Vol. III"
 Columbia CL 2313
 - peak Billboard position # 14 in 1963
 - Words and Music by Sadie Vimmerstedt and Johnny Mercer


 I wanna be around to pick up the pieces
 When somebody breaks your heart
 Some somebody twice as smart as I

 A somebody who will swear to be true
 As you used to do with me
 Who'll leave you to learn
 That mis'ry loves company, wait and see

 I mean, I wanna be around to see how he does it
 When he breaks your heart to bits
 Let's see if the puzzle fits so fine

 And that's when I'll discover that revenge is sweet
 As I sit there applaudin' from a front-row seat
 When somebody breaks your heart
 Like you, like you broke mine


 Transcribed by Robin Hood

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