Make love stay  (1982)     (video)

 

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1.    Now that we love,       now that the lonely nights are over.

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    How do we make love stay ?

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   Now that we know        the fire can burn bright or merely smolder.

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    How do we keep it from dying away ?

 

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2.    Elusive as dreams       barely remembered in the morning,

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    love like a phantom flies.

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    But held in the heart,     it pales like the empty smile adorning

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    a statue with sightless eyes.

 

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+    Moments fleet, they taste so sweet within the rapture

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    when precious flesh is greedily consu…..med.

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    But mystery's a thing not easily captured,

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    and once deceased, not easily exhu….med.

 

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3.   Now that we love,     now that the lonely nights are over.

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    How do we make love stay ?

 

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+    Moments fleet, taste so sweet within the rapture

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    when precious flesh is greedily consu…..med.

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    But mystery's a thing not easily captured,

            Em                            C             A - A7

    and once deceased, not easily exhu….med.

 

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4.   Now that we love       look at the moonless night and tell me,

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    How do we make love stay?

 

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    (Dan Vogelberg)