Lyrics to
The Last Time You Loved

This version of The Last Time You Loved was released by Olivia Newton-John in 1976.

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I think there are people who need to be loved
Lonely and hiding the light from their eyes
Still too afraid to light up the night
Too lonely to come out of hiding

Well I’ve seen you with the young girls
They come when you call
They make love so easy
They don’t love at all
You want me to come running
When your world’s falling in
You want me till you got me
Then you’re gone again

And your passion comes so easy
Then you ease away from me

Cause the last time you loved was the first time you ever cried
It was the first time you ever really loved
It’s the last time you ever tried

Your defenses become you, now you become them
It’s one night on the weekend
Then you’re gone again
Well I’m tears and I’m passion and there’s a woman in me
Stop all your runnin’ and I’ll set you free

And I stand before you naked, and my soul is on my sleeve

And the last time you loved was the first time you ever cried
It was the first time you ever really loved
And it’s the last time you ever tried

It was the first time you ever really loved
Say it’s not the last time you’ll ever try

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About Lyrics and The Last Time You Loved by Olivia Newton-John

The lyrics for The Last Time You Loved are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by Olivia Newton-John. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to The Last Time You Loved 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 The Last Time You Loved - Olivia Newton-John 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 The Last Time You Loved by Olivia Newton-John 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 The Last Time You Loved" means the words set to the music of The Last Time You Loved, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Olivia Newton-John. 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 The Last Time You Loved and the lyrics to The Last Time You Loved are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Olivia Newton-John who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Last Time You Loved, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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