Don't Take Your Love from Me
Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra Lyrics

Tear a star from out the sky
If you remove a bright and promising celestial body from the sky, everything loses its magnificence and becomes dull.

And the sky feels blue
The sky, which is vast and limitless, feels insignificant and sorrowful without the guiding light of a brilliant star.

Tear a petal from a rose
A single, delicate petal removed from a flower has the power to cause significant pain and sadness.

And the rose weeps, too
The remaining petals of the flower are so deeply affected by the loss of just one, that they appear to be crying along with the flower.

Take your heart away from mine
If you remove your caring, loving heart from my own, I will be left alone, aching and empty.

And mine will surely break
The very essence of my being is so entwined with your love, that if you remove it, I will shatter and fall apart.

My life is yours to make
I have given myself completely to you, and my future happiness is dependent upon your care and affection.

So please keep the spark awake
Hold onto the passion we share and keep our love alive and thriving, so that we may continue to burn bright together.

Would you take the wings from birds
Just as it is cruel to take the means of flight from a bird, it is unjust and ungrateful to take away the love and companionship of another human being.

So that they can't fly?
The very thing that makes a bird majestic and beautiful is its ability to soar, and to rob it of this gift is to stifle its very existence.

Would you take the ocean's roar
The vastness and unbridled power of the ocean is awe-inspiring, and taking away its voice is akin to robbing it of its soul.

And leave just a sigh?
Reducing the ocean's life force to a mere sigh is to remove its beauty and complexity, condemning it to a life of insignificance and dullness.

All this, your heart won't let you do
Ultimately, your kind, compassionate heart would never allow you to cause such destruction and harm to another human being.

This is what I beg of you
I plead with you to keep our love alive and vibrant, for without it, my life would be empty and devoid of meaning.

Don't take your love from me
The most important plea of all - I beg of you not to take your love, your warmth, your very being away from me, as to do so would be the end of all I hold dear.