You Scared the Lovin' Outta Me

Artist: Funkadelic

Title of album: Hardcore Jollies

Year of first release: 1976

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Songwriters: George Clinton, Glen Goins[?]

Memorable Lyrics:

• "I stuck out my chest and dove into a love/With ego in charge, I charged into what seemed"
• "'Eat this for me' and from a tiny tree/She plucked a fruit and placed it on her navel/I was no freak, but I was gettin' weak/I took the quickest way into her womanhood"
  • May be a reference to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

Complete lyrics at the Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/lyrics_funkadelic/lyr-jollies#lyr-s-lovin)

The singer seems to be expressing regret at having rushed into losing his virginity. Some aspect of the experience (or the ensuing relationship) was traumatic and has now made it impossible for him to love another, presumably because of the anxiety that a similar bad situation will occur again.

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