163. Loveless Love
W.C. Handy
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1940 | MT | 142 | Complete in Columbia v.6 | 22 | 3’14” |
Love is like a hydrant turns off and on
Like some friendships when your money’s gone
Love stands in with the loan sharks when your heart’s in tongsIf I had some strong wings like an aeroplane
Had some broad wings like an aeroplane
I would fly away forever
Never to come againOh love oh love oh loveless love
Has said our hearts are goldless gold
From milkless milk and silkless silk
We are growing used to soul-less soulsSuch grafting times we never saw
That’s why we have a pure full law
In everything we find a flaw
Even love oh love oh loveless love(bridge)
Just to fly away from loveless love
2nd version
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1940 | AT | 142a | Complete in Columbia v.10 | 2 | 3’15” |
Love is like a hydrant turns off and on
Like some friendships when your money’s gone
Love stands in with the loan sharks when your heart’s in tongsIf I had some strong wings like an aeroplane
Had some broad wings like an aeroplane
I would fly away forever
Never to come againOh love oh love oh loveless love
Has said our hearts are goldless gold
From milkless milk and silkless silk
We are growing used to soul-less soulsSuch grafting times we never saw
That’s why we have a pure full law
In everything we find a flaw
Even love oh love oh loveless love(bridge)
Just to fly away from loveless love
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