Valentine's Day Song: I Can't Give You Anything But Love

Valentines day can be tough without a nest egg. If you don't do something special you may have a falling out because your girlfriend, or boy friend has had enough of cut rate dates and presents. The fallout from not making Valentine's day special, could even be a fat lip. It might be a frosty Friday before you have another date. So there is no short cut to planning a special date. When you arrive for your date you might need to walk on eggs and hope that your date doesn't get mad and tell you to get lost. You might even freeze up when you first arrive for the date. When it's time to leave for the date you had better hope that a you don't have a wino passed out by your car and that you don't have a Denver boot on your car and you don't wake up with a zit on your nose. If you don't have any dough and can't drop a bundle on Valentine's day you might want to learn this song and sing it to your loved one. It's a song about not having any money and it is one of the most recorded songs of all time and was first written and performed in 1928. You might want to go on the Internet and listen to different versions of this song.

These lyrics from a recent Lady Gaga (she's a not quite a real twiggy but she's pretty close)
and Tony Bennet version go like this.

Some idioms have been inserted to make the song more interesting.

I Can't Give You Anything But Love
(with Tony Bennett)

[Lady Gaga:] I can't give you anything but love, baby

(It's too bad but I can't drop a bundle on Valentine's day.)

That's the only thing I've plenty of, baby

(I may not have any dough and I'm hard up, but I really love you!)


Dream a while, scheme a while you're sure to find

(I think I had better think outside the box for someway to show you that I love you.)


Happiness and I guess all those things you've always pined for
Gee, I like to see you looking swell (sharp), Tony

With diamond watches, Tiffany's just don't sell, baby

(They cost an arm and a leg and I'm out of bread.)

Till the lucky day you know darn well

Oh I can't give you anything but love.

(Because I'm broke.)

[Tony Bennett:] I can't give you anything but love, Lady

(I don't have any coin.)

That's the only thing I've plenty of, Lady

Dream awhile, scheme a while, you're sure to find

(It would be a feather in my cap if I could think up some way to maybe eat out at a cheap restaurant)

Happiness and I guess all those things you've always pined for

How you like to see me looking swell (sharp)? Lady

(You'd look like a million dollars and hands down you're the prettiest girl ever but I don't have any lettuce)

Diamond bracelets, Woolworth doesn't sell, Gaga

(Diamonds don't cost peanuts they cost a pretty penny.)

[[Duet:] Till the lucky day (when I make it big) you know darn well, baby

OOh I can't give you anything, I don't want just anything

OOh I can't give you anything but love

(It would be nice to have a chunk of change and maybe take you to eat out at an expensive restaurant but I'd have to spend the next six months paying down my credit card )

The End.

Just the lyrics to the song.

Idioms in this story: lettuce make it big hard up falling out fallout fat lip feather in my cap feel like a million dollars freeze up frosty Friday get lost get mad had enough hands down think up too bad twiggy walk on eggs wino zit cut rate Denver boot short cut think outside the box dough drop a bundle eat out bread broke nest egg an arm and a leg chunk of change coin pay down peanuts pretty penny sharp







































































LADY GAGA LYRICS
I Can't Give You Anything But Lovebr>(with Tony Bennett)

[Lady Gaga:]
I can't give you anything but love, baby
That's the only thing I've plenty of, baby
Dream a while, scheme a while you're sure to find
Happiness and I guess all those things you've always pined for

Gee, I like to see you looking swell, tony with
Diamond watches, Tiffany's just don't sell, baby
Till the lucky day you know darn well
Oh I can't give you anything but love.

[Tony Bennett:]
I can't give you anything but love, lady
That's the only thing I've plenty of, lady
Dream awhile, scheme a while, you're sure to find
Happiness and I guess all those things you've always pined for
How you like to see me looking swell? lady
Diamond bracelets, Woolworth doesn't sell, Gaga

[Duet:]
Till the lucky day you know darn well, baby
Oh I can't give you anything, I don't want just anything
Oh I can't give you anything but love

songwriters DOROTHY FIELDS, JIMMY MC HUGH Published by Lyrics Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Lady GaGa - I Can't Give You Anything But Love Lyrics | MetroLyrics

Another versions of the song:

Louis Armstrong


Gee, but it's tough to be broke, kid.
It's not a joke, kid, it's a curse.
My luck is changing, it's gotten from
simply rotten to something worse
Who knows, some day I will win too.
I'll begin to reach my prime.

Now though I see what our end is,
All I can spend is just my time.

I can't give you anything but love, baby.
That's the only thing I've plenty of,baby.

Dream awhile, scheme awhile
We're sure to find

Happiness and I guess
All those things you've always pined for.

Gee I'd like to see you looking swell, baby.
Diamond bracelets Woolworth doesn't sell, baby.

Till that lucky day you know darned well, baby.
I can't give you anything but love.

Rome wasn't built in a day, kid.
You have to pay, kid, for what you get.
But I am willing to wait, dear,
Your little mate, dear, will not forget.

You have a lifetime before you.
I'll adore you, come what may.

Please don't be blue for the present,
When it's so pleasant to hear you say

I can't give you anything but love, baby.
That's the only thing I've plenty of,baby.

Dream awhile, scheme awhile
We're sure to find

Happiness and I guess
All those things you've always pined for.

Gee I'd like to see you looking swell, baby.
Diamond bracelets Woolworth doesn't sell, baby.

Till that lucky day you know darned well, baby.
I can't give you anything but love.

Songwriters: MC HUGH, JIMMY / FIELDS, DOROTHY I Can't Give You Anything But Love lyrics Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SHAPIRO BERNSTEIN CO. INC.