(Watch Out) Love is Goin' to be Rationed

Performed by The Song Spinners
Recorded May 4, 1943
Written by Clarence Williams, Rose E. Dean

Watch out, watch out
Watch out, watch out
Now folks don't shout, don't get mad
Here's a little news that's goin' to make you sad
Watch out, love is goin' to be rationed
As sure as your born they've rationed tires, rationed gas
Now they're puttin' lovin' in the same old class
Watch out, love is goin' to be rationed

Now you can't make love when your man is gone
F ar away from you
If you can't make love when your man is gone
Watcha gonna do?
Oh you need new shoes once a year
I can do without a sugar card but not you, dear
Watch out, love is goin' to be rationed

Get out your knittin' and your solitaire
'Cause you're gonna have a lot of time to spare
Folks don't shout, don't get mad
Here's a little news that's goin' to make you sad
Watch out, watch out, watch out
love is goin' to be rationed

They've rationed tires, rationed gas
Now they're puttin' lovin' in the same old class
Watch out, watch out, watch out
love is goin' to be rationed
Now you can't make love when your gal is gone
That'd never do
Write every day, there's lots to say
Don't worry she'll be true to you
You can go all out for victory
Just be extra good and don't forget to wait for me
Watch out, watch out
First they rationed tires, and they rationed gas
And now they're puttin' lovin' in the same old class
Watch out, love is goin' to be rationed
Watch out

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