(If You Can’t Have Me)
From the film “Footlights and Fools,” 1929
Words by Al Bryan
Music by George W. Meyer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. 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
Refrain:
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
2. My last thought every night
When I put out the light
Is one sweet thought of you sweetheart
And when I wake each day
I always kneel and pray
That you and I will never part