Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City
Yearning Shadows: Absence of Love in the Heart of the City
Lyrics
Ain't no love in the heart of the city
Absence of love in the urban environment
There ain't no love in the heart of town
Confirming the lack of love in the city
Ain't no love, it sure enough's a pity
Emphasizing the unfortunate reality of no love
Ain't no love 'cause you ain't around
Attributing the absence of love to the person's unavailability
When you were mine I was feeling so good
Recalling a positive past when the person was present
'Cause your love lit up this old neighborhood
Highlighting the positive impact of love on the neighborhood
But now that you're gone you know the sun don't shine
Expressing the darkness and sadness after the person's departure
From the city hall to the county line
Describing the pervasive sadness from city hall to the county line
I said there ain't no love in the heart of the city
Reiterating the absence of love in the heart of the city
No, there ain’t no love in the heart of town
Reaffirming the lack of love in the town
There ain't no love, it sure enough's a pity
Repeating the lamentation for the scarcity of love
There ain't no love 'cause you ain’t around
Connecting the absence of love directly to the person's absence
Every place that I go, it seems so strange
Expressing the unfamiliarity and discomfort in various places without the person
Without you there things have changed
Noting the significant changes in the absence of the person
Night time calls, there's a blanket of gloom
Describing a gloomy atmosphere during nighttime
Another teardrop falls in my lonely room
Highlighting the emotional pain through the metaphor of a teardrop falling
Oh, no, there ain’t no love in the heart of the city
Reiterating the absence of love in the heart of the city
There ain’t no love in the heart of town
Emphasizing the lack of love in the town
Ain't no love, sure enough's a pity
Reaffirming the pity associated with the absence of love
There ain't no love 'cause you ain't around
Linking the absence of love directly to the person's absence
Ain't no love
Repeated emphasis on the absence of love in the heart of the city
Ain't no love
-Ain't no love
-The heart of the city
-Ain’t no love in the heart of the city
Restating the lack of love in both the heart of the city and town
There ain’t no love in the heart of town
-Ain’t no love, it sure enough's a pity
-There ain’t no love 'cause you ain’t around
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