The best things in life are freegeorger olsencharted in 1927 by george olsen at #3 and by frank black at #16charted in 1948 by dinah shore at #18 and by jo stafford at #21also charted as a duet by luther vandross and janet jackson in 1992 at #10words and music by b.g.desylva, lew brown, and ray hendersonthe moon belongs to ev'ryonethe best things in life are freethe stars belong to ev'ryonethey gleam there for you and methe flowers in springthe robins that singthe sunbeams that shinethey're yours, they're mineand love can come to ev'ryonethe best things in life are freerobin hood