PICTURE ME WITHOUT YOU
From the film "Dimples" (1936)
(Jimmy McHugh / Ted Koehler)


Shirley Temple (Film Soundtrack) - 1936
Ted Weems & His Orch. (vocal: Perry Como) - 1936






As performed by SHIRLEY TEMPLE:

When somebody loves somebody
Everything and everybody
Makes life a happy song

When somebody has nobody
Birds won't sing and that somebody
Finds life without a song

If you want to see a picture
Of the whole world upside down

Just picture me without you
And you without me
Just close your eyes and you'll see
How lonesome we'd be

Stars would fall
Dreams would all crumble
Down for good
Castles would tumble

There'd be no me without you
No you without me
And yet nobody could be
As happy as we

Smiling through
Clinging together
What would I do without you
And you without me


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As recorded by PERRY COMO with TED WEEMS & HIS ORCH.,
September 27th 1936, Chicago, USA:

Just picture me without you
And you without me
Just close your eyes and you'll see
How lonesome we'd be

Skies would fall
Stars would all tumble
Life would be out of tune
Dreams would soon crumble

There'd be no me without you
No you without me
And yet nobody could be
As happy as we

Smiling through, always together
I can't picture me without you






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2012)