I'd Rather Be Hurt by You (Than Be Loved by Somebody Else)

The Stylistics

I'd rather be hurt by you
Rather be hurt by you
Than to be loved by somebody else

I'd rather spend hours lonely and blue
Than one single moment with somebody new
My friends say that some day I'll love again
And maybe some day I will, still

I'd rather be hurt by you
Rather be hurt by you
Even be left alone by myself
Than be loved by somebody else

My friends say that some day I'll love again
And maybe some day I will, still

I'd rather be hurt by you
Rather be hurt by you
Even be left alone by myself
Than be loved by somebody else
Rather be hurt by you, baby
I'd rather, rather, rather, rather be