I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

Album: That Wonderful Adelaide Hall (1928)
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  • Gee, but it's tough to be broke, kid.
    It's not a joke, kid, it's a curse.
    My luck is changing, it's gotten from
    simply rotten to something worse
    Who knows, some day I will win too.
    I'll begin to reach my prime.

    Now though I see what our end is,
    All I can spend is just my time.

    I can't give you anything but love, baby.
    That's the only thing I've plenty of,baby.

    Dream awhile, scheme awhile
    We're sure to find

    Happiness and I guess
    All those things you've always pined for.

    Gee I'd like to see you looking swell, baby.
    Diamond bracelets Woolworth doesn't sell, baby.

    Till that lucky day you know darned well, baby.
    I can't give you anything but love.

    Rome wasn't built in a day, kid.
    You have to pay, kid, for what you get.
    But I am willing to wait, dear,
    Your little mate, dear, will not forget.

    You have a lifetime before you.
    I'll adore you, come what may.

    Please don't be blue for the present,
    When it's so pleasant to hear you say

    I can't give you anything but love, baby.
    That's the only thing I've plenty of,baby.

    Dream awhile, scheme awhile
    We're sure to find

    Happiness and I guess
    All those things you've always pined for.

    Gee I'd like to see you looking swell, baby.
    Diamond bracelets Woolworth doesn't sell, baby.

    Till that lucky day you know darned well, baby.
    I can't give you anything but love. Writer/s: Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Shapiro Bernstein & Co Inc, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, TuneCore Inc., Word Collections Publishing
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