I Fall in Love Too Easily

Composer	Jule Styne
Lyricist	Sammy Cahn
Year Written	1944

About This Song

“I Fall in Love Too Easily” was written for the 1944 film Anchors Aweigh, starring Frank Sinatra, who introduced the song. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, but lost to “It Might As Well Be Spring,” by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.

Lyrics

I fall in love too easily
I fall in love too fast
I fall in love too terribly hard
For love to ever last

My heart should be well-schooled
‘Cause I’ve been fooled in the past
And still I fall in love too easily
I fall in love too fast

Recordings

1954

Tony Bennett recorded “I Fall in Love Too Easily” on August 6, 1954, for Cloud 7.