Better face the facts, ol' buddy And be prepared to take the blow You don't have to sit and study It's something anyone should know Shake hands Get your hat And go You can praise her eyes And adore her hair But, if love ain't there It ain't there And you can walk her home In the warm spring air
But, if love ain't there It ain't there And you can look with a longing in your look And try every method in the book And worship the smile that kind of Took you unaware And you can weep and sigh, you can say, "Unfair" You can almost die of despair But, if love ain't there It ain't there