The language of love  (1984)     (video)

 

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1. She says no when she means yes,

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   and what she wants, you know, that I can't guess.

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    When we want more, you know, we ask for less,

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    such is the language of lo…ve.

 

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2. I say leave when I mean stay,

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    but she don't see and so she moves away.

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    What we really want, you know, we rarely say,

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    such is the language of lo….ve.

 

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3. It's tooth for tooth and eye for eye,

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    we hide our hearts and then we won't say why.

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    It's truth for truth and lie for lie,

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    such is the language of lo….ve.

 

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4. One cries foul and will not speak,

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    the other claims a little victory.

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    And all the time, you know, we fail to see

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    this is the language of lo….ve.

 

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+  When a love begins to wander no one ever knows,

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    but we feel it deep inside us long before it shows,

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   long before it shows.

 

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5. We hem and haw, we balk and bluff,

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    our words don't ever seem to say enough.

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    But a simple smile, a tender touch

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    speaks the true language of lo…ve.

 

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+  When a love begins to wander no one ever knows,

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    but we feel it deep inside us long before it shows,

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   long before it shows.

 

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6. She says no when she means yes,

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    and what she wants, you know, that I can't guess.

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    When we want more, you know we ask for less,

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    such is the language of lo….ve. Such is the language of lo…ve !

 

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    (Dan Fogelberg)