written by Don Raye and Gene DePaul
1941 MCA Music Publishing ASCAP
You don`t know what love is
Until you`ve learned the meaning of the Blues
Until you`ve loved a love you had to lose
You don`t know what love is
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