Lyrics:

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