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
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.
