Don't Ever Love Me - Harry Belafonte

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

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

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

«This could never be» she said pleadingly

Don’t ever love me