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You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Lyrics
When I said I needed you
You said you would always stay
It wasn't me who changed but you and now you've gone away
Don't you see that now you've gone
And I'm left here on my own
That I have to follow you and beg you to come home
You don't have to say you love me just be close at hand
You don't have to stay forever I will understand
Believe me, believe me I can't help but love you
But believe me I'll never tie you down
Left alone with just a memory
Life seems dead and so unreal
All that's left is loneliness there's nothing left to feel
You don't have to say you love me just be close at hand
You don't have to stay forever
I will understand believe me, believe me
You don't have to say you love me just be close at hand
You don't have to stay forever
I will understand, believe me, believe me
Song Info
Submitted by
kitten_61 On Apr 25, 2002
More Dusty Springfield
Son Of A Preacher Man
The Look of Love
Just A Little Lovin'
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The words are so beautiful. They don't write or sing like this any more!
Just heard a story on this one. Dusty was supposedly in Italy and heard an Italian song called lo Che Non Vivo by Pino Donaggio. She loved the melody but couldn't relate to the Italian lyrics - so she brought a copy of it back to England and asked two friends of hers to write English lyrics to the melody. They ended up with this. Love this song.
Reminds me of my Mum singing when l was little
its pretty self-explanatory, i love it.
I love this song...it's so beautiful and sad at the same time. It could be about an ex-girlfriend talking to her ex-boyfriend or vice versa about how the other left them and even though the one that left them doesn't love him/her anymore, they still want them to care and be there for them. The lyrics are so beautiful.
heavy hitting song.
love is that two way street supposedly, well; listen to this song and the wheels in your head turn a little more thinking about that...
right maria?
beautiful
I think whiteflower is close, but missing it a little.
This chick loves the guy so much, she doesn't care if he loves her, just as long as she can hang around. She won't "tie him down", so he can go do whatever, as long as he is "close at hand". She can't help but love him.
Pretty sad.
Great
[Edit: Clarity ]
I've loved this song since I was a kid. I think it's beautifully sung and performed by the band, a real masterpiece of early 60's writing and musical drama.
But I didn't go through the lyrics in full until lately and they've transformed my opinion of them. They say, "you can get away with anything you want, treat me like a doormat, and I'll be here for you". Which is an atrocious message.
In fairness to the song, a lot of early 60's lyrics have this devoted-girl-demanding-boy theme and it's a sign of the sexism of those distant times. It'll always be a fabulous song to me...but I don't think I'll be singing along soon.