Loveless Love (1922 Version) Katherine Handy

[Verse 1]
Love is like a hydrant, it turns off and on
Like some friendships when your money's gone
Love stands in with the loan sharks
When your heart’s in pawn

[Verse 2]
If I had some strong wings like an aeroplane
Had some broad wings like an aeroplane
I would fly away forever
Never to return again

[Chorus]
For love, oh love, oh loveless love
Has set our hearts on goalless goals
From dreamless dreams and schemeless schemes
How we wreck our love boats on the shoals

[Verse 3]
We S.O.S. by wireless wire
And in the wreckage of desire
We sigh for wings like Noah's dove
Just to fly away from loveless love

[Verse 4]
If I were a little bird
I’d fly from tree to tree
I’d build my nest way up in the air
Where the bad boys wouldn’t bother me