# Songs about reluctantly being in love. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 7, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015 "2007-03-07T22:43:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/21 "2007-03-08T03:29:10Z")
Some obvious classics are missing here… **The Supremes** , _You Keep Me Hanging On_ _Set me free, why don’t you babe Get out my life, why don’t you babe 'Cause you don’t really love me You just keep me hangin’ on_ **The Police** , _Don’t Stand So Close To Me_ _It’s no use, he sees her He starts to shake and cough Just like the old man in That book by Nabakov_ **Offspring** , _Self-Esteem_ _When she’s saying that she wants only me Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends When she’s saying that I’m like a disease Then I wonder how much more I can spend Well I guess I should speak up for myself But I really think it’s better this way The more you suffer, The more it shows you really care_ and I _hate_ this song, but… **Gary Puckett and the Union Gap** , _Young Girl_ _Young girl, get out of my mind My love for you is way out of line Better run, girl You’re much too young, girl_ ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/22 "2007-03-08T05:02:14Z")
The Magnetic Fields - Absolutely Cuckoo > [@](#): > > don’t fall in love with me yet > we only recently met > true I’m in love with you but > you might decide I’m a nut > give me a week or two to > go absolutely cuckoo > and when you see your error > then you can flee in terror > … 69 Love Songs is a wonderful album, and many of the songs are in a similar bittersweet vein. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/23 "2007-03-08T05:05:56Z")
Wow, some great songs here – and more of them than I expected! Thanks, everyone. Keep 'em coming. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/24 "2007-03-08T05:14:09Z")
“I Won’t Say I’m In Love” from Disney’s _Hercules_. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/25 "2007-03-08T13:24:20Z")
Your Latest Victim - Park 10 Minutes to Downtown - Get Up Kids Time Consumer - Coheed and Cambria Coke - Flickerstick Get on the Floor - The Promise Ring And breaking my attempt to do an all-emo list\*: Warning, (probably a cover, but the only version I’ve heard is on _Black Sabbath_: “I was warned about you baby, but my feelings were a little bit too strong.” \*so Flickerstick’s not an emo band, but if all a band’s songs sounded like Coke they’d be considered emo. ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/26 "2007-03-08T13:36:37Z")
[QUOTE=bordelond] “The Other Woman” by Ray Parker, Jr. [/QUOTE] “The Other Man” by Sloan. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/27 "2007-03-08T14:24:16Z")
“I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You)” by Hank Williams. Perusal of the Hank Williams Songbook will produce numerous examples of How Love Makes You Crazy. Or just makes you want another drink. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/28 "2007-03-08T14:48:27Z")
“That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard it Should Be” - Carly Simon Boy, never would have wanted to be Carly’s husband. She was damn cute, great voice, lovely songs, but a really, really weird take on marriage througout a number of her songs. ---
**Author:** ![muzzynyc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@muzzynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muzzynyc)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/29 "2007-03-08T15:47:23Z")
Michael Penn – _Cupid’s Got A Brand New Gun_ It’s hiding in the corner of every sacred place before the ambush you won’t want to recognize its face… ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/30 "2007-03-08T15:51:15Z")
“Can’t Fight This Feeling Anymore” - (Is this Air Supply?) “You Make Me Sick” - Pink What about “Baby, Now That I’ve Found You” - Alison Krauss ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/31 "2007-03-08T15:58:14Z")
[I’m Sorry I Love You](http://forums.go.com/abc/primetime/lost/thread?threadID=1566106&forumStart=0), by The Magnetic Fields. The music’s much better than the lyrics IMO (true of most songs by this group againIMO)\* but anyway, its on topic. -FrL- ---
**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:** [March 8, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/32 "2007-03-08T15:59:53Z")
I Don’t Know How To Love Him from Jesus Christ Superstar When You Want to Fall in Love (rewritten as Unexpected Song) from Song & Dance ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/33 "2007-03-08T16:48:54Z")
**muzzynyc** : We do not permit quoting of full song lyrics. Best is to quote a line or two, and then provide a link to a website that has the copyright and has the full lyrics. Please check out [The Registration Agreement](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347160) and also [Rules for Posting at the Straight Dope Message Boards](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384736) noting Post #3, and also [Forum Rules: PLEASE READ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343601) noting Post #2. Please don’t do this again. We want others to respect our copyrights, and therefore we need to be respectful of the copyrights of others. ---
**Author:** ![Petey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@Petey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petey)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/34 "2007-03-08T16:54:49Z")
[QUOTE=Poysyn] “Can’t Fight This Feeling Anymore” - (Is this Air Supply?) [/QUOTE] How dare you insult REO Speedwagon this way. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/35 "2007-03-08T17:24:04Z")
**"Go Away Little Girl"** - The Osmond Brothers (Boy, am I embarrassed to post _that_ entry.) And a _real_ oldie: **"You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want to Do It)"** - Al Jolson ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/36 "2007-03-08T17:29:29Z")
[QUOTE=Petey] How dare you insult REO Speedwagon this way. [/QUOTE] Yeah, yeah whut-evah I knew it wasn’t Air Supply - but I was drawing a blank ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/37 "2007-03-08T17:44:15Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] And a _real_ oldie: **“You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want to Do It)”** - Al Jolson [/QUOTE] [I know I misspelt his name, but that doesn’t make Al Jolson and Al Jolsen different people.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8332519&postcount=9) ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/38 "2007-03-08T18:17:13Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] [I’m Sorry I Love You](http://forums.go.com/abc/primetime/lost/thread?threadID=1566106&forumStart=0), by The Magnetic Fields. The music’s much better than the lyrics IMO (true of most songs by this group againIMO)\* but anyway, its on topic. -FrL- [/QUOTE] Stephin Merritt is one of the greatest lyricists to _ever_ write pop songs. Here’s another Magnetic Fields gem - "cause I always say I love you when I mean turn out the light and I say let’s run away when I just mean stay the night but the words you want to hear you will never hear from me I’ll never say “happy anniversary” from “I think I need a new heart.” ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/39 "2007-03-08T18:26:02Z")
“Hope that I don’t fall in love with you” by Tom Waits ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/40 "2007-03-08T18:35:25Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] [I know I misspelt his name, but that doesn’t make Al Jolson and Al Jolsen different people.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8332519&postcount=9) [/QUOTE] Damn that Evelyn Wood. **“Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”** - Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015.md?page=3)