Sympathy
Love Lost to Sympathy: Wanda Jackson's Heartfelt Reflection
Lyrics
Oh well, I look in your eyes
Observing the emotions in your eyes
And what do I see
Questioning what is evident
Well, I don't see love
Not perceiving love, only sympathy
All I see is sympathy
Emphasizing the dominance of sympathy
Before she came along
Reflecting on the time before another person's arrival
You belonged to me
Asserting a prior claim on your affection
She stole your heart away
Noting that someone else captivated your heart
But yet you stayed in sympathy
Remaining in the relationship despite the sympathy
If you can't say you love me
Expressing the importance of genuine love
Then don't say you're sorry
Advising against insincere apologies
Please don't you pitty me
Rejecting pity and seeking true affection
If I can't have your lovin'
Preferring no love over incomplete love
I'd rather have nothing
Choosing solitude over mere sympathy
I don't want sympathy
Emphasizing the rejection of sympathy
Do you think I'm blind?
Questioning perceptiveness
Why any fool can see
Highlighting the obvious lack of care
That a-you don't care
Asserting the absence of genuine concern
And all that's there there is a-yeah honey, sympathy
Affirming the prevailing sympathy
If you can't say you love me
Reiterating the need for genuine love
Then don't say you're sorry
Discouraging insincere apologies once more
Please don't you pitty me
Rejecting pity as an inadequate substitute
If I can't have your lovin'
Choosing emptiness over incomplete affection
I'd rather have nothing
Emphasizing the aversion to mere sympathy
I don't want sympathy
Reiterating the rejection of sympathy
Do you think I'm blind?
Questioning the perception of blindness
Why any fool can see
Stating the obvious to any observer
That a-you don't care
Affirming the lack of genuine care
And all that's there there is a-yeah, sympathy
Reaffirming the prevailing sympathy
And it's all for me
Emphasizing that the sympathy is directed towards oneself
I don't want sympathy
Reiterating the rejection of sympathy
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