Transcribed from vocals by Ruth Etting, recorded
August 27, 1930, from "Leave It to Lester,"
From Ruth
Etting, Living Era, Academy Sound and Vision, Ltd., CD AJA 5008.
Ask the sky above, and ask the Earth
below,
Why I'm so in love, and why I love
you so,
Couldn't tell you though I try,
dear,
Just why, dear, I'm yours.
When you went away, you left a glowing
spark,
Trying to be gay is whistling in
the dark,
I am only what you make me,
Come take me, I'm yours.
How happy I would be to beg and
borrow,
Or sorrow with you,
Even though I knew tomorrow
You'd say we were through.
If we drift apart, then I'll be
lost alone,
Though you use my heart for just
a stepping stone,
How can I help dreaming of you?
I love you, I'm yours.
Ever since we parted with the love
we started with,
I can't erase you from my mind;
Really, it's regrettable; you're
non-forgettable;
Every place I go your face I find.
What would nighttime be with every
star away?
What is life to me when you are
far away?
Ask the sky above, and ask the Earth
below,
Why I'm so in love, and why do
I love you so,
Couldn't tell you though I try,
dear,
Just why, dear, I'm yours.
When you went away, you left a glowing
spark,
Trying to be gay is like whistling
in the dark,
I am only what you make me,
Come take me, I'm yours.
How happy I would be to beg and
borrow,
Or sorrow with you,
Even though I knew tomorrow
You'd say we were through.
If we drift apart, then I'll be
lost alone,
Though you use my heart for only
a stepping stone,
How can I help dreaming of you?
I love you, I'm yours.
Published 1/1/01.
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