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Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?Derek and the Dominos

Released: November 9, 1970

Songwriter: Eric Clapton Bobby Whitlock

Producer: Derek and the Dominos Tom Dowd

[Intro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

[Verse 1]
Gotta find me a way to get me back to yesterday
How can I ever hope to forget you?
Won't you show me a place where I could hide my lonely face?
I know you're gonna break my heart if I let you

[Chorus]
Why does love got to be so sad?
Why does love got to be so sad?
Why does love got to be so sad?
Why does love got to be so sad?

[Verse 2]
Like a moth to the flame, like a song without a name
I've never been the same since I met you (woah, oh)
Like a bird on the wing, got a brand new song to sing
I can't keep from singing about you

[Chorus]
Why does love got to be so sad?
Why does love got to be so sad?
Why does love got to be so sad?
Why does love got to be so sad?

[Guitar solo]

[Verse 3]
I'm beginning to see what a fool you've made of me
I might have to break the law when I find you (yes, I will now)
Stop running away, I got a better game to play
You know I can't go on living without you, no

[Chorus]
Why does love got to be so sad?
Why does love got to be so sad?
Why does love got to be so sad?
Why does love got to be so, ooh

[Outro]
Woah
Why does love got to be so
Why does love got to be so

Derek and the Dominos

Derek and the Dominos were a blues rock jam band formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist and singer Eric Clapton, keyboardist and singer Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon. They had previously played together in Delaney & Bonnie and Friends. Dave Mason supplied additional lead guitar on early studio sessions and played at their first live gig.

The band released only one studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. The album went on to receive critical acclaim, but initially faltered in sales and in radio airplay. Although released in 1970 it was not until March 1972 that the album’s single “Layla” (a tale of unrequited love inspired by Clapton’s relationship with his friend George Harrison’s wife, Pattie Boyd) made the top ten in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The album, which has received praise from critics and fans alike, is often considered to be the defining achievement of Clapton’s career.

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