The language of love (1984)
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1. She says no when she means yes,
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D A
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.
D G D A
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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D A
the other claims a little victory.
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A
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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A
our
words don't ever seem to say enough.
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A
But a simple smile, a tender
touch
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speaks
the true language of lo…ve.
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- A
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Am Bm
+ When a love begins to
wander no one ever knows,
G Em C A7
but
we feel it deep inside us long before it shows,
Em A7
long
before it shows.
D G D A
6. She says no when she means yes,
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A
and
what she wants, you know, that I can't guess.
D G D
A
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)