# What are some songs written from the cheating, scumbags viewpoint? Romantic infidelity at its best. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543 "2014-05-29T05:23:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/61 "2014-05-29T17:20:46Z")
“Torn Between Two Lovers” - Mary MacGregor (Written by Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary fame.) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/62 "2014-05-29T17:45:22Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > “Back Door Man” The Doors Written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin’ Wolf in 1960. (Mild apology for the obnoxious nitpick.) ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/63 "2014-05-29T17:47:09Z")
Reaching back into the country files, there are quite a few. _Linda On My Mind_ Conway Twitty _Midnight Oil_ Barbara Mandrell _Does He Love You?_ Reba McEntire and Linda Davis (the voices of both the wife and girlfriend) _Morning_ Jim Ed Brown _You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Lucille_ Kenny Rogers (well, almost the guy with a married woman) ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/64 "2014-05-29T18:06:28Z")
FWIW" In “Human” I thought they were recently broken up, but now I see they were just separated by miles. A business trip, or long distance relationship. However, in “Lips of an Angel”, it’s apparent the couple talking to each other are ex’s of some sort. I only mention this because Cracked did an article including it not to long back and a lot of people assumed they were currently having an affair. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/65 "2014-05-29T18:09:21Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > _Lightnin’ Strikes_ > > [http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/lou\_christie/lightnin\_strikes.html](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/lou_christie/lightnin_strikes.html) Not only is the narrator a cheater, but the song is Lou Christie explaining that his girl should understand that he wants a girl he can settle down with and trust to the very end, but until then, she should wait for him while he bags everything he sees. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/66 "2014-05-29T18:14:24Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Saying your lover has a little dick is a compliment? 😛 ouch! 😃 The one little thing was a child. “_Then it happened one day, we came round the same way You can imagine his surprise **when he saw his own eyes** _” My contribution. [_“I’ll be the other woman”_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_Vx50znR58&feature=kp) By **The Soul Children** and it’s a great song too… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/67 "2014-05-29T18:15:03Z")
(You Can Have My Husband But) [“Please Don’t Mess With My Man”](http://www.sweetslyrics.com/655237.Irma%20Thomas%20-%20(You%20Can%20Have%20My%20Husband%20But%20Please)%20Don't%20Mess%20With%20My%20Man.html) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/68 "2014-05-29T18:19:32Z")
“If I Fell” - Beatles > [@](#): > > So I hope you see that I > Would love to love you > And that she will cry > When she learns we are two > If I fell in love with you ---
**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:** [May 29, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/69 "2014-05-29T18:31:09Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > _Lightnin’ Strikes_ > > [http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/lou\_christie/lightnin\_strikes.html](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/lou_christie/lightnin_strikes.html) Ah, beat me to it. Bonus points for the ‘you can’t blame me, I’m just a guy, since when do we have self control?’ aspect. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/70 "2014-05-29T18:37:40Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > “If I Fell” - Beatles Eh…taking the whole song rather than just the last verse, it’s more like he’s planning to leave his current (apparently cheating) girlfriend for a girl he thinks might treat him better. Vis: ‘If I fell in love with you, would you promise to be true?’, ‘I must be sure from the very start that you would love me more than her’, ‘don’t hurt my pride like her’. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/71 "2014-05-29T18:38:37Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > _I said “please, please understand > I’m in love with another man > And what he couldn’t give me > was the one little thing that you can”_ :smack: I always interpreted that as something that happened between the time of the affair and the time they met again. Yours makes MUCH more sense. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/72 "2014-05-29T18:39:03Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > However, in “Lips of an Angel”, it’s apparent the couple talking to each other are ex’s of some sort. I only mention this because Cracked did an article including it not to long back and a lot of people assumed they were currently having an affair. Errr… I assume you’re single then? Most people in relationships would agree that it is cheating. Having whispered late night conversations with your ex, while you’re girl is asleep in another room, is bad enough but wishing they were your ex, dreaming about them, never really moving on, and questioning your fidelity? ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/73 "2014-05-29T19:22:51Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > Errr… I assume you’re single then? > > Most people in relationships would agree that it is cheating. > > Having whispered late night conversations with your ex, while you’re girl is asleep in another room, is bad enough but wishing they were your ex, dreaming about them, never really moving on, and questioning your fidelity? Married 12 years. I’m just saying it’s an unconsumated affair. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/74 "2014-05-29T20:20:03Z")
[_I’ll Make Believe It’s You_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc-opDoowhU&feature=kp) – Jim Cuddy w/Jeff Tweedy & Jay Bennett Lyrics [here](http://www.guitaretab.com/j/jim-cuddy/37580.html). ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/75 "2014-05-29T20:28:36Z")
It only counts as “cheating” if any of the two other parties don’t know what’s going on, but Queen’s “Too much love will kill you” is about the inability to choose between two lovers. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/76 "2014-05-29T20:49:38Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Eh…taking the whole song rather than just the last verse, it’s more like he’s planning to leave his current (apparently cheating) girlfriend for a girl he thinks might treat him better. Vis: ‘If I fell in love with you, would you promise to be true?’, ‘I must be sure from the very start that you would love me more than her’, ‘don’t hurt my pride like her’. Actually, it’s more like she left him for someone else. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/77 "2014-05-29T21:39:36Z")
Smithereens:_[Strangers When We Meet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5wxubRFpVU)_ I never really Thought that she’d leave her Whole home and family. “I’ve got my own life, You’ve still got your wife,” She whispered tenderly. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/78 "2014-05-29T22:12:13Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > Actually, it’s more like she left him for someone else. Not with the final verse where he says ‘she’ll cry if we are two’, which implies she’s keeping him around, even though she refuses to be faithful to him. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/79 "2014-05-29T22:22:49Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Not with the final verse where he says ‘she’ll cry if we are two’, which implies she’s keeping him around, even though she refuses to be faithful to him. No, more like “She’ll be sorry when she realizes she just threw away the BEST thing she ever had!” ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/80 "2014-05-29T23:26:37Z")
The Way We Make a Broken Heart- John Hiatt with Roseanne Cash. She did her own version, but I don’t think it’s nearly as good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543.md?page=5)