"When Your Lover Has Gone" — E.A. Swan's 1931 statement of irrelevance.
Writer(s): swan
What good is the scheming, the planning and dreaming
That comes with each new love affair
The dreams that we cherish, so often might perish
And leaves you with castles in air
When youre alone, who cares for starlit skies
When youre alone, the magic moonlight dies
At break of dawn, there is no sunrise
When your lover has gone
What lonely hours, the evening shadows bring
What lonely hours, with memories lingering
Like faded flowers, life cant mean anything
When your lover has gone
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- Written by E.A. Swan in 1931 for the film Blonde Crazy. The argument that everything becomes meaningless when the lover goes — April rain is just rain, springtime just a season. The most thoroughgoing nihilism in the Sinatra catalogue.