Save Your Love for Me
Nancy Wilson Lyrics


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Wish I knew
Why I'm so in love with you
No one else in this world will do
Darling please save your love for me

Run away
If I were wise I'd run away
But like a fool in love I stay
And pray you'll save your love for me

I can feel it
Even when you're not here
Can't conceal it
I really love you my dear
And though I know no good
Can come from loving you
I can't do a thing I'm so in love with you

So darling
Help me please
Have mercy on a fool like me
I know I'm lost but still I plead
Darling please save you love for me

You can have fun with the crowd




But for crying out loud
Darling please save your love for me

Overall Meaning

The song "All for Love" by Nancy Wilson is a beautiful ballad that lays bare the singer's feelings of being helplessly in love with someone. The first verse of the song reveals the sense of mystery and wonder that the singer feels about the person she loves. She wishes she knew why she's so in love with them and acknowledges that they are the only one for her. In spite of all this, she implores them to save their love for her. In the second verse, she admits that she should run away from this love, but she can't seem to help herself from holding onto her feelings. She knows that no good can come from loving someone like this, but she is so deeply in love with them that she cannot resist. She begs them to have mercy on a "fool like me" and save their love for her.


The bridge of the song further illustrates the singer's feelings. She confesses that even when the person is not around, she feels their love so intensely that she cannot conceal it. She admits to the audience that she knows that no good can come from loving this person, but she cannot abandon them. In the end, she pleads with them to save their love for her, but also acknowledges that they can have fun with other people. But ultimately, she begs them to save their love for her, suggesting that her feelings for this person are deep and everlasting.


Line by Line Meaning

Wish I knew
I wish I knew why I am in love with you.


Why I'm so in love with you
I don't know why I love you so much.


No one else in this world will do
You are the only one for me in this world.


Darling please save your love for me
Please keep your love for me, my dear.


Run away
If I were sensible, I would run away.


If I were wise I'd run away
I know I should leave, but I am foolishly in love with you.


But like a fool in love I stay
Even though I know I shouldn't, I remain in love with you.


And pray you'll save your love for me
I hope you will only love me as I love you.


I can feel it
I can sense my love for you.


Even when you're not here
Even when you're absent, my love for you remains.


Can't conceal it
I cannot hide my love for you.


I really love you my dear
I deeply and truly love you.


And though I know no good
Although I know it is not wise.


Can come from loving you
Loving you is not a good idea.


I can't do a thing I'm so in love with you
I am helpless in my love for you.


So darling
My sweet love.


Help me please
Please assist me.


Have mercy on a fool like me
Please forgive me for foolishly loving you.


I know I'm lost but still I plead
I know I'm beyond redemption, but I am still begging you.


You can have fun with the crowd
You can enjoy time with other people.


But for crying out loud
Please, just for me.


Darling please save your love for me
Please keep your love for me, my dear.




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Written by: BUDDY JOHNSON

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@laurapoulsen9561

Verse 1]
Wish I knew
Why I'm so in love with you
No one else in this world will do
Darling please save your love for me

[Verse 2]
Run away
If I were wise I'd run away
But like a fool in love I stay
And pray you'll save your love for me



[Bridge]
I can feel it
Even when you're not here
Can't conceal it
I really love you, my dear
And though I know no good
Can come from loving you
I can't do a thing, I'm so in love with you

[Verse 3]
So darling help me please
Have mercy on a fool like me
I know I'm lost but still I plead
Darling please save your love for me

[Outro]
You can have fun with the crowd
But for crying out loud
Darling please save your love for me



@ivannagorna1348

*
Wish I knew
Why I'm so in love with you
No one else in this world will do
Darling please save your love for me

Run away
If I were wise I'd run away
But like a fool I love stay
And pray you'll save your love for me

I can feel it
Even when you're not here
Can't conceal it
I really love you my dear
And though I know no good
Can come from loving you
I can't do a thing I'm so in love with you

So darling
Help me please
Have mercy on a fool like me
I'm so unwise but still I plead
Darling please save you love for me

You can have fun with the crowd
But for crying out loud
Darling please save your love for me
*



All comments from YouTube:

@miltonmartin1787

I bought this album in 1962 when I was assigned to the 750th Radar Squadron in Boron, California. I didn't smoke or drink, but I did listen to my music. I was a single 20 year old A3C in the USAF, without a car and very little money. I use to listen to Nancy Wilson, Nina Simone, Lou Rawls, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Supremes, the Impressions, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Oscar Peterson and many others who were making albums in 1961. I had their albums, which were too many to name, but in my solitude, in my room, I listen to all of them and thought about what life was going to be like for me in the future. Nancy Wilson singing Save Your Love For Me, has always been one of my favorite songs by her. It got me through a lot of lonely days and nights. Now whenever I play it, I think about my early years in life and I smile.😀 I spent 30 years in the USAF, retiring as a Chief Master Sergeant and I am now 78 years old, still listening and enjoying my Old School music.😀 RIP Nancy, it was my pleasure to have had the opportunity to listen to you. I loved you then and still love your memory now. 💘

@richardshepherd9687

great

@davideastlee9983

a beautiful story Milton. Thank you for your service.
Thank you for reflecting on your life
and how she helped mold your future..
Truly a beautiful voice... when giants roamed the earth

@vunenenthani6640

Beautiful 👌🌹💯

@miltonmartin1787

@@vunenenthani6640 Thank you, for your comment. I really appreciate it. May our Heavenly Father Bless you and keep you comfortable with peace of mind. 😉

@MischiefMandie

Thank you for your service and your story

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@chamberpaint

RIP songbird. This was my favorite Nancy Wilson song. I listened to this album for YEARS. It's a masterpiece.
❤️💔❤️

@kevinmurphy3307

Mine too Lorraine, WHAT a song !...and Cannonball Adderley on sax !

@melvinbennett444

I'm a big guy....but the tears are flowing. What a voice, what a lady !

@barbararichmond2167

Melvin, It just means you are a romantic guy who has loved and have been loved.
I hope you know that seems rare for a man to admit he is showing a side of him men try to hide.
A lot of people would find that admission awesome, sensitive and sexy.

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