Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing [Live at The Century Plaza] Lou Rawls

[Intro]
Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. We'd like to welcome you this evening, so glad you came by. We sincerely hope you'll enjoy this that we have all for your listening pleasure. We're gonna attempt to appease your musical appetites by offering you song and music designed to suit your musical tastes. And put a little soul in your bowl. Offering you old and new songs. Some that you might be familiar with, perhaps some that you're not familiar with; however, these that we offer, we hope they will meet your musical approval. This next song is a song that brought about my first Grammy Award nomination in the year 1967. Some of you might remember this one, it was pretty good. Went something like this, it said, huh

[Verse 1]
For every little kiss, there's a little teardrop
For every single thrill, there is another heartache
And the road is rough
The going gets tough

[Chorus]
But love is a hurtin' thing
Love is a hurtin' thing now

[Verse 2]
When you're in my arms, I'm a king on a throne
When we're apart, I walk the streets alone
One day, happiness
And the next day, loneliness

[Chorus]
For love, it is a hurtin' thing
Love is a hurtin' thing now

[Bridge]
When love brings so much joy, why must it bring such pain?
I guess it's a mystery that nobody can explain, yeah
Oh yeah
Alright, oh, oh
Ooh baby
My, my, my, my sweet baby