Ella Fitzgerald Lyrics

Track Title: As Long As I Live

Album Title: Harold Arlen Songbook, disc 14
Prime Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Arranger: Billy May
Lyrics by: Ted Koehler (Theodore K.)

Music by: Harold Arlen (b. Hyman Arluck)
Producer: Norman Granz
Orchestra: Billy May
From the Show: Cotton Club Parade 1933 (S)


Lyrics:
Maybe I can't live to love you as long as I want to.
Life isn't long enough baby, but I can love you as long as I live.

Maybe I can't give you diamonds and things like I want to,
But I can promise you, baby, I'm gonna want to as long as I live.

I never cared, but now I'm scared, I won't live long enough.
That's why I wear my rubbers when it rains and eat an apple every day then see
the doctor anyway.

What if I can't live to love you as long as I want to.
Long as I promise you, baby, I'm gonna love you as long I live.

<musical interlude>

I'll even wear long underwear, when winter breezes blow
I'm gonna take good care of me because, a sneeze or two might mean the flu,
And that would never never do

What if I can't live to love you as long as I want to.
Long as I promise you, baby, I'm gonna love you as long I live.