IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU 
George W Meyer (m) Al Bryan (l) 1929 

as recorded by Lee Morse & her Blue Grass Boys 
October 18th 1929 


The world has much to give, 
The little while we live, 
To make our dreams of love come true. 
Good friends I have galore, 
But I want something more; 
The something more I want is you! 

If I can't have you, 
If you can't have me, 
will it make you blue, 
As blue as I will be? 

If I can't have you, 
All my love to share, 
There is no-one who 
Could ever make me care! 

I will close my book of dreams 
And seal it with a kiss, 
And lock your image in my memory. 

I'll keep loving you, 
No-one else will do, 
Sweetheart, if I can't have you! 

If I can't have you, 
If you can't have me, 
will it make you blue, 
As blue as I will be? 

If I can't have you, 
All my love to share, 
There is no-one who 
Could ever make me care! 

I will close my book of dreams 
And seal it with a kiss, 
And lock your image in my memory. 

I'll keep loving you, 
No-one else will do, 
Sweetheart, if I can't have you, 
No-one but you will do! 



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2013)