GEORGE DUKE "Love Songs"

Love songs, sweet love songs

Love songs, sweet, sweet, sweet love

Hasn't every way to write a love song been written


And hasn't every way to tell the story been told

Hasn't everyone been moved and soothed by the melodies

Aren't there other tales to be told, other stories to unfold

Haven't we anything else to say

Or are we merely trapped to find another way

To say the same things

Don't we have other thoughts, other dreams

Girl it seems every time I search that quiet place

I find myself with you face to face

In my mind there's nothing left to say except, "I love you"

Love songs, sweet love songs

(I love you)

Hasn't every way to sing a love song been sung

And hasn't every way to phrase the message been done

Haven't all the great ones sung the melodies that've wooed you

And aren't there other songs to be sung with messages untold

Seems that we've lost our will to challenge the mind

And be a unique kind of art it's been for me

Oh a teacher or prophet by pen

Girl but wait, don't get me wrong, I love a good good love song

One that gets me real good, when I close my eyes

I only seem to find the words "I love you"

"I love you", girl I can't help myself

(Love songs, sweet love songs)

And as long as you keep needin' them

I'll keep servin' 'em till my last breath

(Love songs, sweet, sweet, sweet love)

No, I'm not alone, there're others like you and me

'Cause there's always someone who wants

To tell their story of need

It's a simple story, one as old as time

(Love songs, sweet love songs)

And we all know that sometimes

Love don't have no reason or rhyme

(Love songs, sweet, sweet, sweet love)

Hingin' on to those love songs

Oh love, oh love, oh love

Love songs, sweet love songs