Lyric discussion by Green eyed Lady 

Cover art for Damned If I Do lyrics by Alan Parsons Project, The

This song was big about the time I was in college in the early 80’s. When I first met my first love, it was at a college dance. The music was quite loud and we couldn’t hear each other talk so we pulled out our college Id’s and one look at mine I thought he about had a stroke. Turns out his sister was married to my uncle. Apparently we met as children though I didn’t remember it. His mother for some reason didn’t approve of our connection and me not being Catholic didn’t help my cause. During our school winter break, he was on my mind as I was attracted to him but felt we were doomed, as it seemed we were “damned if we got together and damned if we didn’t try”. We had a rocky seven month long relationship mostly due to his unapproving mother though his father was ok with it.