It Hurts To Be In Love - Gene Pitney

More and more Your kiss feels like an half open door I can't get in Please stop me before I begin It hurts to be in love When you've never gained enough It hurts to be in love Send this urge Keeps my body right on the verge We touch and then I wanna do it over again It's hurts to be in love When you only want me half as much It hurts to be in love I'm always worried You think that I'm pushing to hard Baby it hurts me When you tell me that I'm going to far It's hurts to be in love When you only want me half as much Oh baby it hurts It's hurts to be in love

I was trapped in a castle tower Locked up in chains I waited for my prince to save me But he never came. I woke up with my heart pounding Convinced that I was cursed I picked up a romance novel And read the last page first. Oh, oh, woe is me. I want to fall in love so hard it hurts I want the kind of love that moves the earth I want more than I can take 'Til my poor heart starts to ache I want to fall in love so hard it hurts. I took a ride with a guy from Tupelo In his Chevrolet He said baby we're moving way too fast And slammed on the brakes. We got out and he lit a cigarette We didn't say too much He packed up his emotional baggage And left me in the dust Oh, oh, woe is me. I want to fall in love so hard it hurts I want the kind of love that moves the earth I want more than I can take 'Til my poor heart starts to ache I want to fall in love so hard it hurts...

A whole lotta loving Gotta go, you've got me hurting I'm down to call it even But you know I've got no reason Holy Mary Mother There will never be another They can call us heathens But, baby, don't stop believing It hurts to be hurt We're lovers on the road again Nothing is the same, but still it is Yeah, still it is Don't you know it feels good to feel good You linger like an old refrain Nothing is the same, but still it is Yeah, still it is I know I'm not the only Feeling better when you hold me I'm down to call it even 'Cause ever fool has got a reason Holy Mary Mother There will never be another They can call us heathens But, baby, don't stop believing It hurts to be hurt We're lovers on the road again Nothing is the same, but still it is Yeah, still it is Don't you know it feels good to feel good You linger like an old refrain Nothing is the same, but still it is Yeah, still it is Oh, it hurts to be hurt We're lovers on the road again Nothing is the same, but still it is Yeah, still it is Don't you know it feels good to feel good You linger like an old refrain Nothing is the same, but still it is Yeah, still it is

(Fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking) It fucking hurts to be alive Oh, the disposable fragility of life And my identity is my mother died Anything to distract from being straight and white But I want to be the perfect mix Of everything fucked up you want to fix And my wokeness is a myth I'm oh, so desperate For your love And I just want you to love me I just want you to love me And oh, do you think of me? And I just want you to love me I just want you to love me And to control how you think of me So I'm listing all the qualities That make me seem a little more appealing No the future doesn't freak me out My boundary issues are solved And I'm seeing a therapist And I'm considering quitting plastics I've gone pescatarian And I'm curious And I'm into keeping my body fit I'm sex-positive And mysterious But am I the perfect mix Of everything fucked up you can't resist? My wokeness now so thick I'm trudging through it For your love And I just want you to love me I just want you to love me And oh, do you think of me? And I just want you to love me I just want you to love me Control how you think of me Standing in the spotlight now Not sure of what to say Maybe talk about how dating's weird Something where everyone can relate Okay Hey fellas, we can all admit dating during this Me Too movement's a little awkward (Ooh, ooh) You ever notice how the biggest dorks Are always the biggest freaks in bed? (Ooh, ooh) Every time I smoke weed, I tell ya what I get the munchies (Ooh, ooh) Oh, wah-ah-ah-ah! And I just want you to love me I just want you to love me Oh, do you love me?

Have you ever picked guitar on your front porch In the morning as the sun was risin'? Or followed your dog down to the river And ran into an ole' baptizin'? Do you think to pull off on the side of the road When that big black hearse is passing? Have you ever helped someone in need Without them even asking? We do that in the country, Let me tell you 'bout country. Country can be in the middle of a city Country can be on a farm, Country ain't even a place on map, It's a place in your heart. Have you ever hitched a ride to Music City Just to see an Opry show? Would you drive across the country To listen to some country? Country can be in the middle of a city Country can be on a farm, Country ain't even a place on the map, It's a place in your heart. Have you ever been there at the courthouse square For the parade on the 'Fourth of July'? With a tear on your face and a lump in your throat As you watch ole' glory go by, Or sat thru a service where they played tabs For a soldier who never came home? Or looked in the sad brown eyes of his momma As she touched his name on that stone? He fought for his country And died for his country I love my country. Let me tell you 'bout. country.

When I find Aladdin's lamp some day I'll rub the lamp and when the smoke clears away I'll ask the genie grant me my one wish come true That the girl I love would only love me too I've heard that in days of old The lamp did whatever it was told So when I find that thing I'm wishing her a wedding ring I won't ask for gold or wealth or fame I'm searching for a way to change her name I'll ask for her lips (her lips), her arms (her arms) gotta hold her tight Oh tell where on earth is Aladdin's lamp tonight I've heard that in days of old The lamp did whatever it was told So when I find that thing I'm wishing her a wedding ring I won't ask for gold or wealth or fame I'm searching for a way to change her name I'll ask for her lips (her lips), her arms (her arms) gotta hold her tight Oh tell where on earth is Aladdin's lamp tonight

Give me something I can hold With that something I will grow Make me crazy with your arms It's all gone hazy, it's all gone wrong How can you decline such grand designs? And I'm flattered that you thought I make a good reward, but Olympian, framed by God So bring me water to cool off How can you decline such grand designs? And I'm flattered that you thought I make a good reward How can you survive my blatant lies? I'm flattered that you thought So come taste my good reward Formidable, but not afraid Of the next world, just delayed I... I'm wanted to be there with you For I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you Now you I... I wanted to be there with you For I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No-oh Now you I... I wanted to be there with you For I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you Now you I... I wanted to be there with you I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No-hou, nah, na-ra-nah Now you I... I wanted to be there with you I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No Now you I... I wanted to be there with you I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No-hou, no, no You I... I wanted to be there with you I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No Now you I... I wanted to be there with you For I can only be normal with you I... I'm taking your life for you Olympian, framed by God Never it close, you'll be gone