LOVE WON'T LET YOU GET AWAY
Jimmy Van Heusen (m) Sammy Cahn (l)

as recorded by
Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney
with Billy May & his Orchestra
1958

also recorded by
Seth MacFarlane & Sara Bareilles
2011


[rc]
We quarreled and we spatted from morning until night;
We used to think it funny, but now it isn't quite
The laughs it was before,
So if you'll open the door,
I'll bother you no more!

[bc]
My little chickadee,
You may say that you're through with me,
You'll have no more to do with me,
You're all through with me and good day,
But you'll find that love won't let you get away!

[rc]
I'll find an area
More remote than Bavaria!
[bc]
I'll still get in the hasir o' ya,
In Bavaria or Bombay,
And you'll find that love won't let you get away!

[rc]
It's finis and done with!
[bc]
Who will you have fun with?
[rc]
You're no fun to be with!
[bc]
Who'll you watch tv with?
[rc]
You're no-one to pine for!
[bc]
Who'll you chill the wine for?
[rc]
This is toodle-oo, we're through!
[bc]
Just leave no trace at all,
Hide your heart any place at all!
[rc]
I won't miss your embrace at all,
Or that face at all,
Come what may!
[bc]
Darling girl, I hope this won't upset ya,
But I'd like to bet ya,
Love won't let you get away!

[rc]
Darling, you astound me!
[bc]
Put your arms around me!
[rc]
But we're through completely!
[bc]
But you kiss so sweetly!
[rc]
Must you always flatter?
[bc]
Must you always chatter
At times like this?
Let's kiss!

[both]
Well here we go again,
Caught in love's undertow again,
Latching onto that glow again,
Hip hooray!
[bc]
Let the cynics laugh and try to bet us,
[rc]
Their doubts won't upset us,
[both]
Love won't let you get away!
Love won't let you get away!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2014)