Lyrics to
No Tell Lover

This version of No Tell Lover was released by Chicago in 1978.

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Pretty smile lovely face and a warm breeze now I need you lady
You’re my no tell lover
Every night in a different place I’ll meet you tender lady
You’re my no tell lover
Everyone keeps tellin’ me that this affair’s not meant to be
Even though I need you night and day
Walk away if you see me coming, even if it’s you I’m lovin’
Every minute is an hour every day’s a lonely lifetime
You’re my no tell lover
The little time that we spend together just can’t last forever
You’re my no tell lover
Everyone keeps tellin’ me that this affair’s not meant to be
Even though I need you night and day
Walk away if you see me coming even though it’s you I’m lovin’
I want her
I can’t leave her
I won’t live without her
There’s nothing left to say
I want her
I can’t leave her
Pretty smile, lovely face and a warm breeze now I need you lady
You’re my no tell lover
Every night in a different place I’ll need you tender lady
You’re my no tell lover
Everyone keeps tellin’ me this affair’s not meant to be
Even though I need you night and day
Walk away if you see me coming even though it’s you I’m lovin’
I want her
I can’t leave her
I won’t live without her
She’s my no tell lover

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About Lyrics and No Tell Lover by Chicago

The lyrics for No Tell Lover are defined as the words making up the song released by Chicago in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to No Tell Lover have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Chicago and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to No Tell Lover by Chicago if you think through it. 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 No Tell Lover" means the words set to the music of No Tell Lover, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chicago. 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 No Tell Lover and the lyrics to No Tell Lover are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chicago who came here looking just for the lyrics to No Tell Lover, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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