Lyrics to
Love’s Unkind

This version of Love’S Unkind was released by Donna Summer in 1977.

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Well I seem him every morning in the schoolyard
When the schoolbell rings
And when he passes in the hallway
Well he doesn’t seem to notice me
He’s got a crush on my best friend
But she don’t care, ’cause she loves someone else
I’m standing on the outside, not the inside where I wanna be

Love’s unkind, love’s unkind
Love’s unkind, love’s unkind
’cause he’s not mine

Just the other day I was praying that he would give me a chance
Hoping he would choose me for his partner
For the high school dance
I was standing outside the class
But it wasn’t me, but my best friend, he asked
I went running back inside teary-eyed
And left the two of them behind

Love’s unkind, love’s unkind
Love’s unkind, love’s unkind
’cause he’s not mine

Oh, how I love him, but I can’t even let him know
’cause he loves my best friend
But she don’t care, she loves someone else
And I asked my mama, and she said: love’s unkind
Love’s so unkind
She said: just keep it alive
’cause you may find love’s unkind

Love’s unkind, love’s unkind
Love’s unkind, love’s unkind

Oh, Why did I have to love him so
Why did I have to love him so

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About Lyrics and Love’S Unkind by Donna Summer

The lyrics for Love’S Unkind are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Donna Summer. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Love’S Unkind 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 Love’S Unkind - Donna Summer 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 Love’S Unkind by Donna Summer 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 Love’S Unkind" means the words set to the music of Love’S Unkind, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Donna Summer. 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’S Unkind and the lyrics to Love’S Unkind are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Donna Summer who came here looking just for the lyrics to Love’S Unkind, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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