From the musical “Cabin In the Sky”, 1940.
Words by John Latouche.
Music by Vernon Duke.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Leave me love and never come back
I’m gonna face the end alone
Here in the twilight of the lovely love we’ve known
Mourning dove your feathers are black
Your voice is like a night wind’s moan
Somewhere there’s dawn in view but not for you
Chorus
Love turned the light out
Now there’s no end to the darkness I see
Empty shadows blinding me
Love turned the light out
Now it won’t matter wherever I go
In this gloomy afterglow
Last night the moon was shining for joy
Like an electric light
Last night I reached for stars overhead
But instead Mister Love turned the light out
He took the stars from the sky up above
Now I’m left with loveless love