(You Can’t Take Away)
A 1929 popular song.
Words by Charles Tobias and Irving Kahal.
Music by Peter De Rose.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Science is ever working
Bringing us wonders new
Making our burdens lighter
Working for me and you
They’ll never bring us wonders
Like two loving lips and arms
Love will go on forever
They’ll never change nature’s charms
Chorus
You can take the lights away from Broadway
But the stars above remain
‘Cause you can’t take away
The things that were made for love
Radio may give us pretty music
But the birds sing just the same
‘Cause you can’t take away
The things that were made for love
I know that butterflies and babbling brooks
The flowers and trees will live on in this world
When we’re just memories
‘Till the end of time you’ll find
Those lovers ‘neath the moon in Lovers Lane
‘Cause you can’t take away
The things that were made for love
- Nothing compares with nature
Given to me and you
Wonderful golden sunset
Even the morning dew
Mountains and hills and valleys
The skies that are blue, above
How can we be unhappy
With beautiful things to love
Sung here by Vancha March: