All or Nothing at All

Album

Single

Label

Jubilee

Genre

Jazz-pop

Media Type

45

Entered Chart

Jul 24, 1954

Released

Jun 1954

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Jubilee 45-5146

B-Side

My Heart Tells Me

Although this song was written in 1939, it originally did not have an opening verse. Lyricist Jack Lawrence corrected this in 2000 by writing the opening verse that appears above.

You know the game of love, so the flame never burns you
No passion concerns you, no violins play
But me, I lose control of my heart when I'm near you
That's why I fear you and turn away
I need a love that's true, I wish it could be you
I know it should be you and so I say....

All or nothing at all
Half a love, never appealed to me
If your heart, never could yield to me
Then I'd rather have nothing at all

All or nothing at all
If it's love, there is no in between
Why begin then cry, for something that might have been
No I'd rather have nothing at all

But please don't bring your lips so close to my cheek
Don't smile or I'll be lost beyond recall
The kiss in your eyes, the touch of your hand makes me weak
And my heart may go dizzy and fall

And if I fell under the spell of your call
I would be, caught in the undertow
So you see, I've got to say "No, No"
All or nothing at all