Sunday, September 08, 2013

"Love Hurts"

Another tune going around in my head: a subterranean earworm which judders into consciousness in moments of quiet.

"Love Hurts" was most raucously recorded by a band called Nazareth, with bad teeth, but the kindest, gentlest and truest version is the original by the immortal Everly Brothers.




For some reason the lyrics seem to lend themselves to pastiche - thus:
"Love hurts, love scars
Love wounds, and marks
Any heart, not tough
Or strong enough

To take a lot of pain
Take a lot of pain
Love is like a cloud
Holds a lot of rain

Love hurts
Love hurts

I'm young, I know
But even so
I know a thing or two
I learned, from you

I really learned a lot
Really learned a lot
Love is like a pig
It bites you when it's hot

Love hurts
Love hurts

Some fools think of happiness
Blissfulness, togetherness
Some fools fool themselves I guess
They're not foolin' me

I know it isn't true
I know it isn't true
Love is just a lie
Made to make you blue

Love hurts
Love hurts
Love hurts

I know it isn't true
I know it isn't true
Love is just a lie
Made to make you blue

Love hurts
Love hurts
Love hurts"