songs about secretly being in love

Yeah, "Happy Together" was the first song I thought of.

 

Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl (sort of)

 

What about "I Think We're Alone Now?" It's not unrequited but it IS secret.
"Look at the way we gotta hide what we're doing. . ."

 

You've Got To Hide your Love Away would be the most obvious one to me-The Beatles

 

Secret Heart - Ron Sexsmith

 

Not yet mentioned: "Everybody Loves a Clown" by Gary Lewis and the Playboys:


If you wonder why
This clown is crying
Look a little closer
Inside, I'm dying

It's not easy to
Be in love, you see
When you're a clown like me

I don't know how to
Say that I love you
Cause you would smile
And say, tell a joke or two

Yes, I'm a clown
But I don't wanna be
Why can't you see
The other side of me

Guess I'll be the
Guy who plays the part
Of a clown with
A broken heart

Dreaming of your love and
Not knowing where to start

 

Good call! I can't believe I forgot to mention that one in my original post.... it could be the theme song for my life right now....

 

a little more recently we have "Breathless" by Corinne Bailey Rae

 

I Love You - by The Rutles

Everytime I see you walk by
there's a certain look in your eye
and your smile says there's something that I
should tell you

Everytime we meet we say "Hi"
"How's it going?" "Fine" we reply
But I wonder what would happen if I
could tell you

I love you
I love you

I don't know why it is
or what you do to me
Vocabulary-wise
with you I'm all at sea

Everytime I'm with you I try
I'm not a shoe-gazin' kind of a guy
but somehow I just come over too shy
to tell you

Why can't I tell you tell how I feel?
It's so absurd
Why does my tongue get tied on
three little words?

I feel as if I'm falling apart
Do I blame my head or my heart?
Because I stop every time I start
to tell you

I love you, I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you

 

"She's a Fool" -- Lesley Gore


"Got the boy I wish was mine"

"I would never be untrue, I would never make him blue"

"Maybe then he'll turn to me" etc.

 

A truly great song I listened to again just yesterday:

"I Won't Tell" -- Tracey Dey


Girl is secretly in love with her sister's boyfriend, whereas she's "supposed to be datin' with your brother Jim" -- i.e., her sister's boyfriend's brother. "But since I met you, gee, I fell out of love with him."

Not a love triangle, but a love parallelogram!

Therefore, "I won't tell her about you, don't tell her about me."

All set to a fantastic Bob Crewe production that has so much bottom end to it it's scary. Seek this song out if you've never heard it!

 

"Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" - Temptations/Stones

 

I saw here again last night- Mamas and Papas.

 

Whenever You're Around - The Spongetones

 

Wait For Me by The Playmates (1959 or thereabouts)

 

Wonderful tracks to which I add:

"Silence Is Golden" - The Four Seasons

 

Me and Mrs. Jones?

EDIT: darn, I didn't read the OP once again, sorry.

 

Nearly every song Jeff Kelly has written for Green Pajamas

 

Bread - Diary. Guy thinks he's discovered that a woman he obviously loves (since he fantasizes about marrying her) is in love with him, based on her diary writings; then he realizes she's actually writing about another guy. It's unclear whether the woman's writings indicate that her love for the other guy is secret, but the singer's feelings towards the woman are obviously secret.

 

Dogbowl - Stalker. She's his "teenage rocking angel"...

 

"Slip Away"- Clarence Carter

 

Hello-Lionel Ritchie

 

well it is about keep the cheating secret! crap song...

 

"I Want To Be Your Girlfriend" -- Mary Chapin Carpenter

 

How about "Lily (My One And Only)" by the Smashing Pumpkins... ok, more of a stalker's song, but it's a beautiful tune.