[Verse 1:] You don't know what love is Until you've learned the meaning of the blues Until you've loved a love you've had to lose You don't know what love is [Chorus:] You don't know how lips hurt Until you've kissed and had to pay the cost Until you've flipped your heart and you have lost You don't know what love is [Verse 2:] Do you know how lost hearts fear The very thought of reminiscing? And how lips tasting of tears Lose the taste for kissing? [Verse 1 repeated:] You don't know what love is Until you've learned the meaning of the blues Until you've loved a love you've had to lose You don't know what love is