A top hit song from 1926
Words and music by B. G. De Sylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Lovers depend on moonlight
For a love affair
Babies depend on mothers
For their tender care
Flowers depend on sunshine
And the morning dew
Each thing depends on something
And I depend on you
Chorus
I can be happy, I can be sad
I can be good or I can be bad
It all depends on you
I can be lonely out in a crowd
I can be humble, I can be proud
It all depends on you
I can save money or spend it
Go right on living or end it
You’re to blame baby
For what I do
I know that I can be a beggar
I can be king
I can be almost any old thing
It all depends on you
- Isn’t it sweet to know, dear
You can help me on
Wouldn’t it hurt to know, dear
All my hopes were gone
Wouldn’t it make you proud, dear
If I made a name
But if I failed to win, dear
Would you want all the blame?
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: