As Long As I Live
Composer(s): Ted Koehler - Harold Arlen
First performance/First recording: Lena Horne & Avon Long - 1934/Will Osborne & His Orch. - 1934
Covered by multiple other artists



Maybe I can't live to love you as long as I want to
Life isn't long enough baby, but I can love you as long as I live 

Maybe I can't give you diamonds and things like I want to
But I can promise you, baby, I'm gonna want to as long as I live 

I never cared, but now I'm scared, I won't live long enough
That's why I wear my rubbers when it rains and eat an apple every 
day then see the doctor anyway 

What if I can't live to love you as long as I want to
Long as I promise you, baby, I'm gonna love you as long I live 

I'll even wear long underwear, when winter breezes blow
I'm gonna take good care of me because, a sneeze or two might mean the flu
And that would never never do
What if I can't live to love you as long as I want to
Long as I promise you, baby, I'm gonna love you as long I live