WE CAN'T GO ON THIS WAY


Ella Fitzgerald & her Savoy Eight   
rec May 3rd 1938 New York



We can't go on this way,
laughing at love day after day;
I'm sincere, you're unfair,
We can't go on this way!

It's all in fun, you say;
After it's done someone must pay,
Then there'll be so much misery,
We can't go on this way!

Hiding behind a mask of laughter,
It won't wipe away the curse;
Even though it's fun we're after,
I'll take you sweetheart, for better or worse!

If you would only say,
"Yes it's okay, let's name the day!",
Might as well,
Love will tell,
We can't go on this way!

Hiding behind a mask of laughter,
It won't wipe away the curse;
Even though it's fun we're after,
I'll take you sweetheart, for better or worse!

If you would only say,
"Yes it's okay, let's name the day!",
Might as well,
Love will tell,
We can't go on this way!
We can't go on this way!







(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2009)