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TRACK 11 - Everything's Made For Love (Gene Austin)

from .​.​.​OH DEAR LOVER WILL YOU COVER ME? by our blanket skies

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"Everything's Made For Love" was originally performed in 1926 by Gene Austin.

written by Howard Johnson, Charles Tobias & Al Sherman
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Gene Austin isn't very known any more these days, but in the golden twenties he was a superstar in the USA with over 80 million sold records. His vocal style was unique and unheard at that time but was later known as "crooning" which was mostly popularized by the likes of Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra.

I really love this old silly love song of him and I use to play it my live shows for years already. When I discovered it on a 20s compilation I didn't find the lyrics anywhere so I transcribed them by ear.

but just recently I found out that the song was used on a soundtrack to a current movie called "Beginners" and suddenly there were lyrics everywhere in the web and I had the chance to compare them with my transcription. ...Actually it works quite well but funnily I misheard the saying "dovey dove" and turned it into "doobydoo" instead.

...well, nobody's perfect. :-)

I must have played this song 5000 times already but this is my very first recording of it. Hope you enjoy it!
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this song was available for download for one week only in 2012.

So now - take your chance again.

lyrics

Oh, you passed your baby days
still you've got those baby ways
You're as bashful every time when I'm with you

oh you're fond of me, you say
still you keep me far away
oh why can't we love just like other sweethearts, too?

What have we got lips for?
What have we got arms for?
Why do we have stars above?
Oh you know- I know:
Everything's made for love

What have we got eyes for?
What do we sigh sighs for?
Why do we say:“Dovey Dove“?
Oh you know- I know:
Everything's made for love

What is the dark for?
What is the park for?
And our shady lanes?
Why is the cosy corner so rosy
every time it rains?

What have I got you for?
What have you got me for?
What are we both thinking of?
For You know- I know:
Everything's made for love

Why do we have preachers?
Why do we have teachers?
Why do we have weddings, too?
For You know- I know:
Everything's made for love

What is the gold band for?
What is the best man for?
Why do we all say: "I do" ?
For You know- I know:
Everything's made for love

What are men slayed for?
What are they saved for?
And when Cupid calls
why do we go
and spend all of our dough
to see Niagara Falls

Why do we keep crying?
Why do we keep sighing?
Why do we say:“Dovey Dove“?
For You know- I know:
Everything's made for love

What is the dark for?
What is the park for?
And why our shady lane?
Why is the cosy
corner so rosy
every time the rain stops falling?

What have I got you for?
What have you got me for?
What are we both thinking of?
For You know- I know:
Everything's made for love

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from .​.​.​OH DEAR LOVER WILL YOU COVER ME?, released November 12, 2012

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some years ago this odd but gentle troubadour and storyteller who is aka "our blanket skies" went out for a long walk and didn't even write a postcard. For once he wrote a few new tunes in the meanwhile and is looking forward to present them to you as soon as he's finished the dishes. ... more

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