Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  



Don't Talk to Me of Love

Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1959 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1987.


Don't talk to me of love anymore,
Don't talk to me of love,
Beau Brummel dandy,
Pink sugar candy,
Moonlight and fluff and gossamer stuff;
Don't talk of heartache,
Make mine a beefsteak,
Don't talk to me of love.

Blow a bubble, fly a kite,
Dance a rhumba, see a fight,
I'm trav'ling light tonight, babe,
Don't talk to me of love.

Don't talk to me of love anymore,
Don't talk to me of love,
Beau Brummel dandy,
Pink sugar candy,
Cupids and lace all over the place;
Why should my tears fall,
For just one meatball,
Don't talk to me of love.

Love, it's so wonderful,
It gives you wings for soaring,
Gleams of stardust in your eyes,
Violins and scented sighs,
But in the long run,
Even Paradise can be a little boring.
Don't talk to me of love anymore,
Don't talk to me of love,
I'm much too busy for that kind of dizzy stuff,
Don't talk to me of love.


Malvina Reynolds songbook(s) in which the music to this song appears:
---- Little Boxes and Other Handmade Songs

Malvina Reynolds recording(s) on which this song is performed:
---- Another County Heard From


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