From the musical “Swingin’ the Dream”, 1939.
Words by Eddie De Lange.
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen.
The sheet music:
Accompaniments:
Lyrics
Love is a strange and powerful thing
It can bring you down, or make you sing
Love may give you a millionaire’s scheme
But it only gave me one dream
Chorus
Darn that dream I dream each night
You say you love me and you hold me tight
But when I awake you’re out of sight
Oh, darn that dream
Darn your lips and darn your eyes
They life me high above the moonlit skies
Then I tumble out of Paradise
Oh, darn that dream
Darn that one track mind of mine
It can’t understand that you don’t care
Just to change the mood I’m in
I’d welcome a nice old nightmare
Darn that dream and bless it, too
Without that dream, I never would have you
But it haunts me and it won’t come true
Oh, darn that dream