Lyrics to
Hurting Each Other

This version of Hurting Each Other was released by The Carpenters in 1972.

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No one in the world
Ever had a love as sweet as my love
For nowhere in the wolrd
Could there be a boy as true as you love

All my love
I give gladly to you
All your love
You give gladly to me
Tell me why then
Oh why should it be that

We go on hurting each other
We go on hurting each other
Making each other cry
Hurting each other
Without ever knowing why

Close than the leaves
On a weepin’ willow baby we are
Closer dear are we
Than the simple letters “A” and “B” are

All my life
I could love only you
All your life
You could love only me
Tell me why than
Oh why should it be that

We go on hurting each other
We go on hurting each other
Making each other cry
Hurting each other
Without ever knowing why

Can’t we stop hurting each other
Gotta stop hurting each other
Making each other cry
Breaking each other’s heart
Tearing each other apart

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About Lyrics and Hurting Each Other by The Carpenters

The lyrics for Hurting Each Other are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by The Carpenters. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Hurting Each Other have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Hurting Each Other - The Carpenters and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Hurting Each Other by The Carpenters in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Hurting Each Other" means the words set to the music of Hurting Each Other, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Carpenters. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Hurting Each Other and the lyrics to Hurting Each Other are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Carpenters who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hurting Each Other, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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