Lyrics to
When Someone Wants To Leave

This version of When Someone Wants To Leave was released by Dolly Parton in 1974.

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When you love somebody with all your heart and soul
And you want to keep them with you, but you know they want to go
What do you do, what do you say
When you know they want to leave
As bad as you want them to stay
And there’s nothing quite as sad as a one-sided love
When one doesn’t care at all and the other cares too much
It’s a sad situation, I must say
When you know they want to leave
As bad as you want them to stay

You know how much I love you
But I know you don’t love me
And I know it’s just a matter of time before you leave
But I do, I stand aside and just let you walk away
But I know you want to leave
As bad as I want you to stay

And there’s nothing quite as sad as a one-sided love
When one doesn’t love at all and the other loves too much
It’s a sad situation I must say
When someone wants to leave as bad as you want them to stay
Oh, it’s a sad situation I must say
When someone wants to leave as bad as you want them to stay

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About Lyrics and When Someone Wants To Leave by Dolly Parton

The lyrics to When Someone Wants To Leave are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Dolly Parton used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to When Someone Wants To Leave have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Dolly Parton and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to When Someone Wants To Leave by Dolly Parton. 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 When Someone Wants To Leave" means the words set to the music of When Someone Wants To Leave, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Dolly Parton. 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 When Someone Wants To Leave and the lyrics to When Someone Wants To Leave are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Dolly Parton who came here looking just for the lyrics to When Someone Wants To Leave, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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