But Beautiful (1947)

Lyrics by Johnny Burke
Music by Jimmy van Heusen

Love is funny or it’s sad
It’s quiet or it’s mad
It’s a good thing or it’s bad
But beautiful

Beautiful
To take a chance
And if you fall, you fall
And I’m thinking
I wouldn’t mind at all

Love is tearful or it’s gay
It’s a problem or it’s play
It’s a heartache anyway
But beautiful

And I’m thinking
If you were mine
I’d never let you go
And that would be
But beautiful
I know

(long bridge)

Love is tearful or it’s gay
It’s a problem or it’s play
It’s a heartache anyway
But beautiful

And I’m thinking
If you were mine
I’d never let you go
And that would be
But beautiful
I know

 

from the film Road to Rio with Bing Crosby (first to sing)

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