When a Body Loves Somebody
When a body has nobody
They’re a lonely soul;
When a body has nobody,
Life will take its toll.
When nobody finds somebody,
They’ll want them to stay;
When nobody finds somebody,
They’ll feel light and gay.
When somebody loves nobody,
Life will be quite dull,
But when a body loves somebody,
Life will soon be full.
And when nobody loves a body,
They’ll be sure to cry;
When nobody loves a body,
They will wonder why.
(with apologies to Dean Martin)
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 440 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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