# Song lyrics that actually say those three little words--"I LOVE YOU" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249 "2010-05-21T13:39:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/41 "2010-05-22T02:58:06Z")
“Everlasting Love” from one of the Katamari games. I love the [song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mbuCjS0s20) even if the [lyrics](http://www.animelyrics.com/game/welovekatamari/wlkeverlove.htm) are a bit cheesy and not particularly related to the rolling-up of objects into stars and planets. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/42 "2010-05-22T03:03:39Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Moody Blues, _It’s Up To You_: > > When the breeze between us calls, > Love comes and lingers into our lives > And the leaves begin to fall, > You point your finger at me– > I love you, yeah…I love you… Knights in White Satin: “Yes I love you…ohhhh how I loooove yoooooouuuu” ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/43 "2010-05-22T03:25:21Z")
Keemo Kimo stare-a-stare, ma hi, ma ho, marup stick a pumpernickel soop bang nip kat polly mitch a cameo I love you [http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/nickyjazz](http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/nickyjazz) ---
**Author:** ![kyut23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/958977/32.png) [@kyut23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kyut23)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/44 "2010-05-22T03:33:16Z")
Artist: Loretta Lynn Album: Love Is the Foundation Title: I Love You I Love You With each day I miss you a little bit more I love you I love you I just can’t forget won’t try as before I love you I love you With mem’ries that somehow won’t die the loneliness won’t let me try Oh the hours go slowly even I seem to cry I love you I love you [harmonica] Oh with mem’ries that somehow won’t die… I love you I love you ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/45 "2010-05-22T09:05:44Z")
[A Bushel and a Peck](http://www.allmusicals.com/lyrics/guysanddolls/bushelandapeck.htm), from _Guys and Dolls_. [Baby Can I Hold You](http://www.lyrics007.com/Tracy%20Chapman%20Lyrics/Baby%20Can%20I%20Hold%20You%20Lyrics.html), Tracy Chapman. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/46 "2010-05-22T13:43:24Z")
_Love Me Dead_ by Ludo Love me cancerously Like a salt-sore soaked in the sea. ‘High-maintenance’ means You’re a gluttonous queen Narcissistic and mean. Kill me romantically Fill my soul with vomit Then ask me for a piece of gum. Bitter and dumb You’re my sugarplum. You’re awful, I love you! ---
**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/47 "2010-05-23T02:40:10Z")
“I Love You” - Climax Blues Band 1981 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/48 "2010-05-24T13:10:46Z")
And IIIIIIIIII will always LLLLOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEE you ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyMac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@JohnnyMac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyMac)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/49 "2010-05-24T13:14:58Z")
Lou Reed - _I Love You_. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/50 "2010-05-24T14:48:29Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > L is for the way you look at me > O is for the only one I see > V is very, very extraordinary > E is even more than anyone that you adore and … … but “I love you” is not in the lyrics to that song. By the way, how about 'Skinnamarink"? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/51 "2010-05-24T15:24:47Z")
_Don’t Cry For Me Argentina_, Tim Rice > [@](#): > > "And as for fortune, and as for fame > I never invited them in > Though it seemed to the world they were all I desired > > They are illusions > They are not the solutions they promised to be > The answer was here all the time > I love you and hope you love me" ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/52 "2010-05-24T15:39:46Z")
“Distractions” by Zero 7 > [@](#): > > I love you, I love you, I love you, I do > I only make jokes to distract myself > From the truth ---
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/53 "2010-05-24T15:47:04Z")
Yello - “I love you” ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/54 "2010-05-24T18:38:13Z")
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - [Maps](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIIxlgcuQRU) (“…they don’t love you like I love you”) Mark Lanegan - [I Love You, Little Girl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLnN_jsQpGM) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/55 "2010-05-24T20:44:43Z")
Sung by Nancy Wilson: _Can’t Take My Eyes Off You_ (B. Crewe & B. Gaudio, co-writers w/ NW) “I love you, baby / And it’s quite alright / I need you, baby / To warm a lonely night” _A Song for You_ (Leon Russell) “I love you in a place where there’s no space or time / I love you for in my life you are a friend of mine” ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/56 "2010-05-24T20:52:59Z")
\*\*Do I Love You \*\*- J. Geils Band \*\*Cause I Love You \*\*- Lenny Wilkins (the oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh)… and… **Je t’aime (moi non plus)** - (you never said it had to be in English) ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/57 "2010-05-24T20:58:08Z")
\*\*I Do Love You \*\*- GQ "I do love you, ooooh But it’s alright, alright, aaah (I do love you) (I love you, I love you) I love you so right now (Ooh-ho-ho-ooh)" ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/58 "2010-05-26T08:02:38Z")
The song styling of Mr. Garrett Morris: [_I Love You_](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78ailoveyou.phtml). ---
**Author:** ![williamweigand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b3f665/32.png) [@williamweigand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williamweigand)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/59 "2010-05-26T12:05:59Z")
For me, the “but I love you” at the end mitigates the nastiness of the rest of the lyrics in Harry Nilsson’s “You’re Breakin’ My Heart”. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249/60 "2010-05-26T14:06:58Z")
Donna Lewis I love you, always forever Near and far, closer together Everywhere, I will be with you Everyday, I will devour you I love you, always forever Near and far, closer together Everywhere, I will be with you Everyday, I will devour you [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-actually-say-those-three-little-words-i-love-you/540249.md?page=4)