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Rhythm 9.7
Melody 9.7
Instruments 9.5
Lyrics 9.7
Vocal 9.7
This song has been reviewed 23 times. Overall score for this song, 9.7.
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Meat Loaf - I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) Lyrics

Song details
TitleI Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
ArtistMeat Loaf
AlbumThe Very Best of Meat Loaf (1998) , Track 1 Disc 2,
VH1 StoryTellers (1999) , Track 4 ,
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Meat Loaf (1999) , Track 5 ,
Bat Out Of Hell Live With The Melbourne Symphony O (2004) , Track 8 ,
Live Around The World (1996) , Track 1 ,
Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell (1993) , Track 1
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Song lyrics
And I would do anything for love,
I'd run right into hell and back,
I would do anything for love,
I'll never lie to you and thats a fact.

But I'll never forget the way you feel right now
- Oh no -
- No way -
And I would do anything for love,
But I won't do that,
No I won't do-

Anything for love,
Oh I would do anything for love,
I would do anything for love,
But I won't do that,
No I won't do that

And some days it don't come easy,
And some days it don't come hard
Some days it don't come at all,
And these are the days that never end.

And some nights you're breathing fire,
And some nights you're carved in ice,
Some nights you're like nothing I've ever
Seen before, or will again.

And maybe I'm crazy,
Oh it's crazy and it's true,
I know you can save me,
No one else can save me now but you.

As long as the planets are turning,
As long as the stars are burning,
As long as your dreams are coming true-
You better believe it!

That I would do anything for love!
And I'll be there till the final act
And I would do anything for love!
And I'll take the vow and seal a pact

But I'll never forgive myself if we don't go all the way,
Tonight.

And I would do anything for love!
Oh I would do anything for love!
Oh I would do anything for love!
But I won't do that!
No I won't do that!

I would do anything for love,
Anything you've been dreaming of,
But I just won't do that...

I would do anything for love,
Anything you've been dreaming of,
But I just won't do that...

I would do anything for love,
Anything you've been dreaming of,
But I just won't do that...

And some days I pray for Silence,
And some days I pray for Soul,
Some days I just pray to the God
Of Sex and Drums and Rock 'N' Roll.

And some nights I lose the feeling
And some nights I lose control
Some nights I just lose it all
When I watch you dance and the thunder rolls

And maybe I'm lonely,
That's all I'm qualified to be,
There's just one and only,
One and only promise I can keep.

As long as the wheels are turning,
As long as the fires are burning,
As long as your prayers are coming true
You better believe it!

That I would do anything for love!
And you know it's true and thats a fact,
I would do anything for love!
And there'll never be no turning back

But I'll never do it better than I do it with you,
So long
So long

And I would do anything for love,
Oh, I would do anything for love,
I would do anything for love,
But I won't do that, No,
No. No, I won't do that!

I would do anything for love,
Anything you've been dreaming of,
But I just won't do that...

I would do anything for love,
Anything you've been dreaming of,
But I just won't do that...

I would do anything for love,
Anything you've been dreaming of,
But I just won't do that...

I would do anything for love,
Anything you've been dreaming of,
But I just won't do that...

I would do anything for love,
Anything you've been dreaming of,
But I just won't do that...

I would do anything for love,
Anything you've been dreaming of,
But I just won't do that...

I would do anything for love,
Anything you've been dreaming of,
But I just won't do...

But I'll never stop dreaming of you every night of my life,
No way

And I would do anything for love,
Oh I would do anything for love,
Oh I would do anything for love,
But I won't do that,
No I won't do that.

Girl: Will you raise me up?
Will you help me down?
Will you help get me right out of this Godforsaken town?
Will you make it all a little less cold?

Meat Loaf: I can do that!
I can do that!

Girl: Will you hold me sacred,
Will you hold me tight.
Will you colorize my life,
I'm so sick of black and white!
Can you make it all a little less old.

Meat Loaf: I can do that!
Oh, Oh, I can do that!

Girl: Will you make me some magic with your own two hands?
Can you build an Emerald city with these grains of sand?
Can you give me something I can take home?

Meatloaf: I can do that
I can do that

Girl: Will you cater to every fantasy I've got?
Will ya hose me down with holy water - If I get too hot?
Will you take me to places I'll never know?

Meat Loaf: I can do that!
I can do that!

Girl: After a while you'll forget everything,
Just a brief interlude, and a mid-summer night's fling,
Then you'll see that it's time to move on.

Meat Loaf: I won't do that.
I won't do that.

Girl: I know the territory - I've been around,
It'll all turn to dust and we'll all fall down,
Sooner or later you'll be screwing around.

Meat Loaf: I won't do that!
No I won't do that!

Anything for love,
Oh I would do anything for love!
I would do anything for love!
But I won't do that!
No I won't do that...
lyrics corrected by Anya on 05-02-2007




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18-11-2004 23:26music_2000 is offline music_2000 

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another powerful power ballad
04-03-2005 20:19bryantlibby is offline bryantlibby 

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What the hell "wont he do" for love? Its an incredible song but I dont understand.
19-03-2005 23:37Weston45 is offline Weston45 

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Thanks to my girlfriend who actually pays attention to lyrics, I know what he is referring to when he says "i would do anything for love, but i won't do that..." At the end of the song, he has a dialogue with a girl...he tells her all the things he CAN do, and then the end goes like this:

Girl: I know the territory - I've been around,
It'll all turn to dust and we'll all fall down,
Sooner or later you'll be screwing around.

Meat Loaf: I won't do that!
No I won't do that!


Listen to what is said, and it is revelaed that meat loaf will do anything for love, but he swears he will not cheat on this girl...

enjoy...
20-03-2005 06:46lozerella is offline lozerella 

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yeah this is a really sweet song i love it, meat loaf is top of my list
20-03-2005 10:24Bec_LupinBlack is offline Bec_LupinBlack 

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Brilliant! Meat Loaf rules!! This song can't beat Bat Out of Hell but it's still immensly cool!
24-03-2005 16:41Meistars is offline Meistars 

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This is my all time favourite song ever! I haven't heard anything better than this! This song just rocks
26-03-2005 18:46gummibearxeac is offline gummibearxeac 

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This song is just so good that I can't explain how much I love it. Meat Loaf rawks my socks!
18-05-2005 18:01tashamannouch is offline tashamannouch 

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[b]OK THIS SONG IS AMAZING but [i] does anyone have a clue who the women in the video and also sings in it is???
21-05-2005 08:53Beautiiii is offline Beautiiii 

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this song really really rules! I understand that meat loaf get a grammy for his voice in this song. this song IS the best! LOVE!
21-05-2005 09:48kians_angel is offline kians_angel 

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i like this song a lot! meat loaf did some really cool stuff
21-05-2005 09:50PrincessIrish is offline PrincessIrish 

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Oooooo, I love this, Meat loaf is a deadly singer though
30-05-2005 23:06diamond637 is offline diamond637 

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I definitely prefer the 12 minute version of this song.
23-06-2005 00:55shattenjager is offline shattenjager 

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Since someone asked earlier and didn't get an answer, the woman is Ellen Foley, who also sings (but is not in the video for) "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and was a member of Jim Steinman's girl group Pandora's Box. She also did a rather excellent solo album named "Night Out" that about six people bought, I think.

I love this song but I also really think it's the weakest song on "Bat out of Hell II," which is in my opinion the second-greatest album ever created. And Jim Steinman is the god of songwriting, btw.
27-06-2005 05:43spikeydude77 is offline spikeydude77 

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hey this is a cool song, and i only heard it cause its the one from the dr. pepper commercial, and now i like it!
17-07-2005 22:23Lavevder is offline Lavevder 

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yea, i like it in the dr.peppr com 2. thats where i heard it. it is a good song
01-08-2005 19:30LunarDragon is offline LunarDragon 

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This is one of the bests songs of all time. as usual, Meat Loaf did fantastic and so did the girl who sung with him. (to bad I keep forgetting her name. oops. ^_^) very sweet and heart felt lyrics. Lots of love.
18-09-2005 15:30BecciDonnelly is offline BecciDonnelly 

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I definatley prefer the 12 minute version

The album version is 12 minutes 1 second, but the one on the Greatest Hits CD is 11 minutes 58 seconds!!
11-11-2005 03:05NiceGuy25 is offline NiceGuy25 

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Might be my all-time favourite.
15-11-2005 01:53Blazinex is offline Blazinex 

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great song
19-12-2005 06:34redcurrypalace is offline redcurrypalace 

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ohh man this song is good good videro clip too!!
16-03-2006 04:51guardien is offline guardien 

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This is on great song, again from meat loaf. I need to find the disk, its somewhere in this house, i heard the twelve minute version before, and it is better.
16-03-2006 10:46litjens999 is offline litjens999 

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This is one of the 3 big Meatloaf hits

You took the words out of my mouth
Paradise by the Dashboardlight

are the other 2
16-03-2006 11:19hum is offline hum 

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okey, I've always wondered:
what is it he won't do?

Answer me goddamnit!
20-03-2006 00:04guardien is offline guardien 

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What the girl says, like screwing around, he won't do "that". He'll do anything for love but he won't screw around. He won't see that its time to move on, either. I would do anything for love, but I won't leave you and I won't screw around.

Some people firmly believe that it means oral sex. Those people are sick.
14-04-2006 13:32hum is offline hum 

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haha, okay, now I know

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