Buzzcocks - You Say You Don't Love Me Lyrics

you got to admit...very tasty flangeing.

Incredibly stalkerish/self-pitying lyrics... but the tune is so masterfully melancholic, that makes it OK.... Hard to believe this didn't even chart in 1979

Shelley 😢😢😢😢

Fast BCR

I could listen to this forever

Buzzcocks…...late 70's..... now you're talking......one of the best times ever for innovative music,,,,,R.I.P. Pete Shelley.....shining star.

this song sums up so many complex mixed up feelings in relationships so well and so respectfully -- I would not be surprised if it came back as a millennial or gen z anthem of some kind if someone covered it

One of my many favourite Pete Shelley songs.

Rest easy shelley

Pete Shelley dead ? That's unthinkable , R.I.P. In my top 5 favorite groups !

R.I.P. Pete.

Rough fookin year mates.

Rip Pete you will be missed xx

RIP. So bummed. Thank you for the amazing revolutionary and life changing music Pete Shelley and Buzzcocks

bawled my eyes out to this song on a greyhound bus when I was 18. RIP

R.I.P. Pete

RIP Pete.

Damn it, Pete.

RIP Pete Shelley. Thank you for the music.

Such an amazing song! And such a sad day today..:( RIP Pete Shelley

r I p pete

Beautiful. Rip, Pete.

Rest in power, Mr Shelley.

Descansa en paz Pete , gracias por todo

R.I.P. Pete.

This could well have been a big hit if released a year or two earlier , they were just starting to lose mass popularity about this time .

One of my favorite Buzzcocks tracks !

Feckin fantastic band..Wee Pete really was a special talent..Seen them play live about 7 times .Boy they were great live..

I wanna know how Shelley comes up with 4 great hooks in one song, when most people can't even come up with one. He's beyond the beyond...

It's ALL about the melody...

Where is the 4 hooks ?

The most beautiful love song ever written. Thanx Pete Shelley. Thanx Buzzcocks.

One of their best songs !!

Best punk band ever....no contest. 😎😎😎

Yes ! Also the most important and influential !!

Spot on...and the best live in the day too..R.I.P Pete.x

You say you don't love me
Well that's alright with me 'cause I'm in love with you
And I wouldn't want you doin' things, you don't want to do
Oh you know, I've always wanted you to be in love with me
And it took so long to realize, the way things have to be

I wanted to live in a dream that couldn't be real
And I'm starting to understand now the way that you feel
You say, you don't
You say, you don't

You say you don't love me
Well that's alright with me 'cause I have got the time
To wait in case someday, you maybe change your mind
I've decided not to make the same mistakes this time around
As I'm tired of having heartaches, I've been thinking and I've found

I don't want to live in a dream, I want somethin' real
And I think I understand now the way that you feel
You say you don't, you say you don't
You say you don't

You say, you don't
You say, you don't

You say you don't love me
Well that's alright with me, I'm not in love with you
I just want us to do the things, we both want to do
Though I've got this special feelin', I'd be wrong to call it love
For the word entails a few things that I would be well rid of

I've no need to live in a dream, it's finally real
And I hope you now understand this feelin' I feel
You say, you don't
You say, you don't

You say, you don't love me
You say, you don't love me
You say, you don't love me
Hmm

Horrible place to be but everyones been there. Unrequited love.

sub-lime

I just wanna correct some lyrics. he says " I would be wary of" not "well rid of"

ive looked everywhere... and it says well rid of um... i did my cover saying rid of lol

I always thought it was well rid of. But you may well be right.

"well rid off" is correct

sorry, that's "well rid of"

British accent

Sabes ke siempre buske ke te enamores de mi.y tomara un tiempo para ke te des cuenta.

You say you don't love me
Well that's alright with me 'cos I'm in love with you
And I wouldn't want you doing things you don't want to do

it's so amazing

great song

I love The Undertones - But, This song smashes all their songs about love
The Guitar is just unbelievable
Rory
Dublin, Ireland

That's very honest of you Rory. Truth is, they were the only punk bands really going out there to sing about love as well as other things. They have a few similarities, but they were both fantastic.

They ARE a great band.

Pete Shelley best for bittersweet lyrics . . .fab guitar solo n'all!

This is one of those songs that convey exactly my perspective in an old love affair. I discovered it once I was getting over him but it was a nice 3 minute articulation of everything I had only just realised. How the Buzzcocks managed that, I'll never know. Maybe because they were a great band

The songwriting is incredible, and then there's the performance itself...

Well this sums up my life perfectly right now.

Well i should go rob or buy all Buzzcocks albums~

gorgeous.....

This is exatly what I would want to say to my ex-girlfriend ;(

Pete Shelley wrote some great songs

best punk band of all time

This song has inspired me over and over again in so many ways

A lot of the old punk stuff, on reflection, is painful to listen to nowadays, The Buzzcocks were and still are great to listen too, great music and great lyrics, one of the best punk bands. Saw them in 79, subway sect was support.

I wanted to live in a dream that couldn't be real.

damn, this takes me back! loving it!!!!

haha the story of my life

My favorite cut from my favorite Buzzcocks album. Thanks!

*bow*

Ah, the story of my love life, lol

i have this album

evergreen

I don't mind the Buzzcocks! What a clever name!!

I agree with you.

perfect pop , top class tune

awesome!! :) I'm envious!

thanks for the comment! :)

yeah one of my favorites too :)

one of my favorite Buzzcocks songs