# Greatest Lovesong Writers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-lovesong-writers/310806 "2005-07-02T04:45:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-lovesong-writers/310806/21 "2005-07-03T19:05:47Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > **ArchiveGuy** , damn. You took every single one I was going to say. Just thinking about Ira Gershwin’s lyrics or Cole Porter’s rhythms drives me crazy. I was born in 1943. It’s a good thing that I didn’t reach adulthood in the 1930’s or 40’s. I would have been an absolute slut with that music playing. I was born two years after you, which didn’t prevent me from being “an absolute slut with that music.” And going back even further, some of the world’s greatest love songs were written by opera or operetta composers, especially Puccini and Lehar. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-lovesong-writers/310806/22 "2005-07-04T02:28:36Z")
How about **Jim Croce**? From \*Time in a Bottle: If I could save time in a bottle The first thing that I’d like to do Is to save every day Til’ eternity passes away Just to spend them with you If I could make days last forever If words could make wishes come true I’d save every day like a treasure and then Again, I would spend them with you… \* Beautiful song. Or \*I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song Well, I know it’s kind of late I hope I didn’t wake you But what I got to say can’t wait I know you’d understand Ev’ry time I tried to tell you The words just came out wrong So I’ll have to say I love you in a song \* Of course, most of his other songs are about breakups and bitterness, but he had a few very sweet gems mixed in there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-lovesong-writers/310806.md?page=1)