They Can't Take That Away From Me

 

Lyrics by:  Ira Gershwin

Music by:  George Gershwin

Arranged by:  Nelson Riddle – Neal Hefti – Neal Hefti & Billy May – Patrick Williams

From the Album:  Songs For Young Lovers  (1954)

The Capitol Years (Disc 1)

From the Film:  Shall We Dance  (1936)

Label:  Capitol – Reprise – Reprise – Capitol

Recorded:  11/5/53 – 4/10/62 – 6/5/62 (Live in Paris) – 7/1/93 (With Natalie Cole)

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There are many, many crazy things

That will keep me loving you,

And with your permission

May I list a few?

 

The way you wear your hat.

The way you sip your tea.

The memory of all that -

No, no - they can't take that away from me.

 

The way your smile just beams.

The way you sing off-key.

The way you haunt my dreams.

No, no - they can't take that away from me.

 

We may never, never meet again

On that bumpy road to love

Still I'll always,

Always keep the memory of:

 

The way you hold your knife (do-do-do-do do-do).

The way we danced until three.

The way you've changed my life.

No, no - they can't take that away from me.

No, they can't take that away from me.