Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? (Culture Club cover) Lyrics

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Cover art for Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? (Culture Club cover) lyrics by Violent Femmes

The lyrics listed are for the culture club version. The femmes lyrics are deliberately different, perhaps a reply. See next comment for interpretation:

I needed time to realize my crime It was letting you love and steal I did dances inside my mind Now how can I be real

Do you really want to hurt me? Do you really want to make me cry? No I don t really want to hurt you But love is always asking: Why why why why

in my mind my memory's burning What's your favorite color of your favorite car? I took a step The step was learning But that's a step beyond a step too far

Do you really want to hurt me? Do you really want to make me cry? No I don't really want to hurt you I told the truth but it was still a lie

The words are few Some are unspoken I could sleep for a thousand years Man of sorrows word unbroken His sweat like blood came down like tears

I've been talking But believe me I know that it's true now that there's nothing I don't know I'm in love and love's the reason I'm not prepared to ever let you go So if it's love you want Then take all of me It's this love I want I can finally see

Do I really want to hurt you? Do I really want to make you cry? Yes I suppose I want to hurt you You told the truth but it was still a lie