by Jerome Kern, Not Yet (1918)
“ Each time I start To pour out my heart, Some tactless person comes along and we are driven apart. Life might be, my pet, A lovely duet; But all these folks who bore us Seem to think that we require a chorus. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1928. The longest-living author of this work died in 1975, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 47 years or less. ”
