Lyrics
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Expressing the speaker's relationship with love, describing it as careless and possibly unpredictable.
You've fly through my head like wine
Comparing the impact of love to the intoxicating and overwhelming nature of wine.
You've wrecked the life of a many poor girl
Attributing love with causing harm and suffering to many unfortunate girls.
And you nearly spoiled this life of mine
Indicating that love has almost ruined the speaker's own life.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Reiterating the theme of careless love and its alluring, overpowering nature.
In your clutches of desire
Describing love as a desire that ensnares and controls the speaker.
You've made me break a many true vow
Confessing that love has led the speaker to break many sincere promises and vows.
Then you set my very soul on fire
Explaining that love has ignited intense passion and turmoil in the speaker's soul.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Expressing the loss of happiness due to the destructive nature of love.
All my happiness bereft
Reflecting on the speaker's heart being filled with weariness and blues because of love.
You've filled my heart with weary old blues
Describing the speaker's solitude and inner dialogue as a result of love's impact.
Now I'm walkin', talkin' to myself
Conveying the speaker's emotional state through the act of talking to oneself.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Repeating the theme of love being careless and untrustworthy.
Trusted you now, it's too late
Expressing regret for trusting love and acknowledging that it's now too late.
You've made me throw my old friend down
Blaming love for causing the speaker to abandon a loyal friend.
That's why I sing this song of hate
Stating that the song is an expression of hate, rooted in the speaker's experiences with love.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Continuing to emphasize the distress caused by love, both day and night.
Night and day, I weep and moan
Describing the ongoing emotional pain and mourning caused by love.
You brought the wrong man into this life of mine
Blaming love for bringing the wrong person into the speaker's life, perhaps leading to suffering.
For my sins, till judgment I'll atone
Acknowledging a sense of guilt and the expectation of facing judgment for past actions related to love.
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