when i was a young man there was a pretty young girl that taught me a game of love she taught me that each letter meant something special something special like l means that lately i ve been thinkin we should be alone o means that only you can understand where i m comin from v is for valentine it means that you ve won my heart yes it does now e is for everlasting love that no strong wind can pull apart varee woman don t you know that your name means love to me varee the woman of mine your name is love and then you left and the words changed l is for the loneliness since you walked out of my life o means that obviously love has just passed me by v is for the vicious words that tore our lives apart e is evidently our love was a lie from the start and oh oh oh oh oh varee varee how could i be so simple as to think you loved me i m a fool who s just in love with you i ll never be able to make you people understand all i ever wanted was to be your only man night after night after night i sit alone and i cry and i wonder why lord i wonder why wonder why wonder why i know that a man ain t supposed to cry but i can t dry these tears from my eyes and i i i just can t go on baby
['classic soul', 'disco', 'funk', 'jazz funk', 'post-disco', 'quiet storm', 'soul']