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I DIDN'T MEAN TO LOVE
YOU
(words and music by Rick
Springfield)
Hey look what you've done
Ain't you even gonna help me make it
Cause now your love's the only one
I tried so hard to break it
Now what the hell am I gonna do
Now that I'm loving you
1200 miles is a long long way
And my loves gonna grow
Every inch of the way
But I didn't mean to love you
I only meant to see
How far you would go
And I didn't mean to love you
I tried to leave ya
But my heart said no, no
Hey what can I say
You know I didn't mean to fall for you
Show me, show me, show me
What can I do
I don't even know
If your love is true
But I know this
No matter how much I want to try
I'll never stop loving you
I need you
Though you're just 17
And my loves gonna grow every night every day
But I didn't mean to love you
I only meant to see
How far you'd go
And I didn't mean to love you
I tried to leave ya
But my heart said no, no, no, no
I didn't mean to love you
I only meant to see
How far you'd go....
(total playing time: 3:42)
Rick says that this song was
written about a fan. - RLS Birthday Luncheon, Las Vegas, NV 8/24/02 Song
Facts: This can be found on Beginnings. |
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According
to US
Here we go, Rick is singing the blues. I
am never one for a blues song, but I gotta love this one. Every time it
starts up with the wailin' guitar at the beginning, I get this image of a
smoky barroom, dimly lit, with people just hanging around at the tables
listening to some good ol' funky music. Of course, never being in a blues
bar ever myself this image is conjured up from movies, so I have no idea if
that is what it's like. But in between every stanza, where Rick seems to
emphasis his voice even more, I'm yelling out "that's right!"
while driving in my car. It just seems appropriate :-)
OK, with that outta the way - I must admit that the one thing that SCREAMS
out loud and clear throughout this song to me is that - this song is about
SEX. I think this must be the first one Rick wrote that is loaded with
sexual innuendoes. Now, I know you guys know what I'm talking about, we've
had this discussion before with Inside Silvia, and boy I cannot wait until
we do Love Receiver...but that's another review. The end of the first chorus
makes me grin every time, "and my love's gonna grow every inch of the
way". Yowsa.
The second chorus, Rick is totally admitting his twentysomething frame of
mind by singing, "I only meant to see how far you would go". Uh
huh. Problem with our guy is he is so sensitive, he went and confused sex
with love. "And I didn't mean to love you, I tried to leave ya but my
heart said no, no" Or maybe it was another organ :-P
By the next chorus, you should hear me a hootin' & a hollerin' when he
finishes up with "though you're just 17, and my love's gonna grow every
night every day". I think it's the way he says it, the way he
emphasizes the every-s has me in hysterics.
Now, when I saw Renata's comments when she posted these lyrics about Rick
saying this song was about a fan....well, all I could say was -
Damn. - Michelle P.
It
seems to me, he found a girl he was sexually attracted to, just wanted to see if he could
get her in bed, but then fell in love with her. Even though when I hear the line
"my love's going to grow every inch of the way", I kind of smile because it
reminds me of the Led Zeppelin line "I'm going to give you every inch of my
love", which is totally sexual, but I'm not convinced that Rick was going there.
I see it as another exaggeration to emphasize the strength of his feelings, just as
in 1000 years. I'd still love to know where the 1200 mile difference in locations
was. Where was he and where was she? - rlh
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