Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City

A 1974 R&B song, written by Michael Price and Dan Walsh, and first recorded by Bobby «Blue» Bland for the ABC Dunhill album Dreamer.

¤  Bobby Bland ↓  [1930-2013] 

Ain’t no love in the heart of the city – Ain’t no love in the heart of town
Ain’t no love and it sure is a pity – Ain’t no love cause you ain’t around

When you were mine – Oh, I was feeling good
Cause you lovlied up this whole neighborhood
But now that you’re gone – You know the sun don’t shine
From the city hall to the county line – That’s why I said

Ain’t no love in the heart of the city – Ain’t no love in the heart of town
Ain’t no love and it sure is a pity – Ain’t no love cause you ain’t around

Every place that I go – Oh, it seems so strange
Without you there, things have changed
The nights are cold – There’s a blanket of gloom
Another teardrop falls in my lonely room

I said ain’t no love in the heart of the city – Ain’t no love in the heart of town
Ain’t no love, ain’t any pity – Ain’t no love cause you ain’t around

And now that you’re gone – Oh, the sun don’t shine
From the city hall to the county line, I said
Ain’t no love in the heart of the city . . .

♦  Paul Weller  ↑  [1998]

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