Lyrics to
Love Ain’t For Keeping

This version of Love Ain’T For Keeping was released by The Who in 1971.

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Layin’ on my back
In the newly mown grass
Rain is coming down
But I know the clouds will pass
You bring me tea
Say “the babe’s a-sleepin'”
Lay down beside me
Love ain’t for keeping

Black ash from the foundry
Hangs like a hood
But the air is perfumed
By the burning firewood
The seeds are bursting
The spring is seeping
Lay down beside me
Love ain’t for keeping
Lay down beside me
Love ain’t for keeping

Lay down beside me
Love ain’t for keeping
Lay down my darling
Love ain’t for keeping

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About Lyrics and Love Ain’T For Keeping by The Who

When you decide to study the lyrics to Love Ain’T For Keeping, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by The Who. Some of the lyrics to Love Ain’T For Keeping have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Who and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Love Ain’T For Keeping if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Love Ain’T For Keeping" means the words set to the music of Love Ain’T For Keeping, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Who. 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 Love Ain’T For Keeping and the lyrics to Love Ain’T For Keeping are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Who who came here looking just for the lyrics to Love Ain’T For Keeping, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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