Don't Ever Love Me

While in that gay tropic isle

I first saw that maiden smile

Though I had failed in the past

I said "this is true love at last"

But then she whispered to me

That our love never could be



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Destiny, oh when will I see the day?

Hopelessly, I've wandered so long this way

"This could never be" she said pleadingly

"Don't ever love me, I'm just fancy-free"

"This could never be" she said pleadingly

"Don't ever love me"



My love was motion and grace

The moonlight soft on her face

I held her close in my arms

My heart was quick to her charms

But then I saw in her glance

It was just an evening's romance



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"This could never be" she said pleadingly

"Don't ever love me"