Carpenters - all you get from love is a love song

노래는 사랑의 시작과 끝을 항해에 비유하며, 사랑이 가져다준 아픔이 잔인하게 남아있음을 표현한다
주인공은 사랑으로부터 받은 상처와 그로 인해 지은 사랑 노래에 대한 책임을 느끼며, 진정한 사랑 노래는 상처에서 비롯된다는 사실을 강조한다
결국 희망이 없는 미래 속에서 믿음과 감정을 잃은 슬픔을 겪고 있다

Like sailing on a sailing ship to nowhere
Love took over my heart like an ocean breeze
As seagulls fly I knew that I was losing
Love was washed away with the drifting tide
Oh it's a dirty old shame
When all you get from love is a love song
It's got you laying up nights
Waiting for the music to start
It's such a dirty old shame
When you've got to take the blame for a love song
Because the best love songs
Are written with a broken heart
Now the tears in my eyes are ever blinding
The future that lies before me I cannot see
Although tomorrow I know the sun is rising
Lighting up the world for everyone but not for me
Oh it's a dirty old shame
When all you get from love is a love song
It's got you laying up nights
Waiting for the music to start
It's such a dirty old shame
When you've got to take the blame for a love song
Because the best love songs
Are written with a broken heart