A fox-trot song from 1932
Words by Roy Turk
Music by Fred E. Ahlert
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- All the world loves a lover
But a lover doesn’t always love love
For some it’s very bad
It makes them very sad
For some it’s like a blessing from above
Chorus
Love, you funny thing
Look at what you did to me
Love, you funny thing
You haven’t any sympathy
First you come and bring
Happiness into my heart
Then, you funny thing
You go and tear it right apart
My life was just a heaven below
Someone made it seem that way
Then, for no reason she let me go
Do you call that fair play?
I’m just wondering what the end is gonna be
Love, you funny thing
Won’t you bring her back to me?
- Hearts are quite often broken
Tears are often shed for things that you do
You first show us the light
Then lead us into night
I wonder why we still have faith in you