# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/41 "2007-03-08T20:25:44Z")
“What’s Love Got to Do with It” Tina Turner “Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t Have Fallen In Love With)” The Buzzcocks “Help Me” Joni Mitchell ---
**Author:** ![Beltane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@Beltane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beltane)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/42 "2007-03-08T20:50:37Z")
--------Self Esteem by Offspring: Now I’ll relate, this little bit That happens more than I’d like to admit Late at night, she knocks on my door She’s drunk again and, looking to score Now I know, I should say no, but That’s kind of hard when she’s ready to go I may be dumb, but I’m not a dweeb I’m just a sucker with no self esteem --------------Crazy by Patsy Cline: Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you I’m crazy for trying and crazy for crying And I’m crazy for loving you Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you I’m crazy for trying and crazy for crying And I’m crazy for loving you. ---
**Author:** ![2pelo\_honey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/ecb155/32.png) [@2pelo\_honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2pelo_honey)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/43 "2007-03-08T21:00:25Z")
Ooohhh, the Joni Mitchell post made me think of the scene in Love Actually, where Emma Thompson gets the CD, instead of the beautiful necklace she thought she was getting, from her husband (after finding it in his coat pocket) for Xmas, so then realizes he’d bought it for someone else…sigh…Both Sides Now, and a great version. ☹ ---
**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, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/44 "2007-03-08T22:12:58Z")
[QUOTE=Beltane] --------------Crazy by Patsy Cline: Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you I’m crazy for trying and crazy for crying And I’m crazy for loving you Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you I’m crazy for trying and crazy for crying And I’m crazy for loving you. [/QUOTE] Nitpick: Crazy was written by Willie Nelson ---
**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, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/45 "2007-03-08T22:20:25Z")
**“Why Do Fools Fall In Love?”** - Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers **“Never Gonna Fall In Love Again”** - Eric Carmen [“Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)”](http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/lyrics/f/fools_rush_in.txt) - written by Johnny Mercer, recorded by many ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/46 "2007-03-08T22:34:35Z")
**“Hope You Never”**. by Tom Petty. > [@](#): > > I hope you never give a damn > Hope you never get your heart broken > I hope you never fall in love > With somebody like you Not as direct as some of the other examples in this thread, but clear from the song that he’s in love with someone he doesn’t want to love. ---
**Author:** ![stucco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@stucco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stucco)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015/47 "2007-03-09T00:32:05Z")
‘Falling for you’ - Weezer (my least favorite song on Pinkerton) A better song is ‘Are you a hypnotist?’ by The Flaming Lips. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-reluctantly-being-in-love/395015.md?page=2)