Love is funny, or it's sad,

Or it's quiet, or it's mad.

It's a good thing, or it's bad,

But beautiful . . .



Beautiful to take a chance,

And if you fall, you fall.

And I'm thinkin'

I wouldn't mind at all . . .



Love is tearful, or it's gay,

It's a problem, or it's play.

It's a heartache either way,

But beautiful . . .



And I'm thinkin'

If you were mine,

I'd never let you go,

And that would be the beautiful I know.



Music by Jimmy Van Heusen

with lyrics by Johnny Burke , 1948