Empty Pockets 
Filled With Love ~ Perry Como and The Ray Charles Singers

Empty pockets but a heart full of love

a heart full of love for you

Cash? Not any, not one red penny

but kisses many, for you!

 

Empty pockets but a heart beating fast

as true as the stars above

Please say that you'll get by with just a guy

with empty pockets filled with love!

 

You can't eat love, you can't drink love

you can't wear love, like you would a gown

I trust love but "just" love won't pay for caviar

won't buy that motor car, or a house in town!

 

You can't spend love, you can't lend love

you must end love when the chips are down!

Love flies out the window when there's nothin' to eat 

nothin' to drink, nothin' to wear but a frown 

an' the chips are down!

 

< repeat verses 1 & 2 with 3 & 4 together >

 

Words and Music by Irving Berlin

The Best of Irving Berlin's Songs from 'Mr. President'

Performed by Perry Como 

with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers

| Large View | Sessions |

Produced for records by Hugo & Luigi

Orchestrations by Philip J. Lang

Vocal Arrangements by Ray Charles

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & the Ray Charles Singers

Also with Kaye Ballard and Sandy Stewart

Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson
Recorded October 2nd, 1962

A Perry Como Discography 

& Digital Companion

| Site Links | All Albums |  All Songs | The Recording Sessions |

First Edition Summer 1992

Second Edition Christmas 1993

Web Page Edition Christmas 1997

25th Anniversary Revision November, 2017

Digital Upgrade August, 2018

Easter 2023 Revised Edition

 

 

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