Bobby Darin

Down with Love

Written by: E. Y. Harburg/Harold Arlen
Produced by: Ahmet Ertegun/Nesuhi Ertegun
Arranged by: Richard Wess
Orchestra conducted by: Richard Wess
Appears on: This Is Darin LP
Recorded: May 19, 1959
Released: January 20, 1960
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      Down with love the flowers and rice and shoes
      Down with love the root of all midnight blues
      Down with things that give you that well-known pain
      Take that moon wrap it in cellophane.

      Down with love let's liquidate all its friends
      The moons, the Junes, the roses and rainbow's ends
      Down with songs that moan about night and day
      Down with love yes take it away … away.

      Away …
      Far away …
      Give it back to the birds and the bees and especially the Viennese.

      Down with eyes romantic and stupid
      Down with sighs and down with cupid
      Brother … let's stuff that dove
      Down with love.

      Down with love let's liquidate all its friends
      The moons the Junes the roses and rainbow's ends
      Down with songs that moan about night and day
      Down with love yes take it away, away.

      Far away …
      So very, very far away …
      Give it back to the birds and the bees and especially the Viennese.

      Down with eyes romantic and stupid
      Down with sighs and down with cupid
      Brother … let's stuff that dove
      Down with love.

Lyrics provided by Barbara Bassett