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"The Book Of Love" lyrics

Peter Gabriel Lyrics

"The Book Of Love"
(originally by The Magnetic Fields)
(from "Shall We Dance?" soundtrack)

The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts and figures
And instructions for dancing

But I
I love it when you read to me
And you
You can read me anything

The book of love has music in it
In fact that's where music comes from
Some of it's just transcendental
Some of it's just really dumb

But I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything

The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we're all too young to know

But I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings

And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
You ought to give me wedding rings


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Writer(s): Stephin Merritt
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album: "Scratch My Back" (2010)
Peter Gabriel - Scratch My Back album cover
Heroes
The Boy In The Bubble
Mirrorball
Flume
Listening Wind
The Power Of The Heart
My Body Is A Cage
The Book Of Love
I Think It's Going To Rain Today
Après Moi
Philadelphia
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
compilation: "Rated PG" (2019)
Peter Gabriel - Rated PG compilation cover
That'll Do
(from "Babe: Pig in the City" soundtrack)
Down To Earth
(from "WALL-E" soundtrack)
This Is Party Man
(from "Virtuosity" soundtrack)
The Book Of Love
(from "Shall We Dance?" soundtrack)
Taboo
(Instrumental)
Everybird
(from "Birds Like Us" soundtrack)
Walk Through The Fire
(from "Against All Odds" soundtrack)
Speak (Bol)
(from "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" soundtrack)
Nocturnal
(from "Les Morsures de l'Aube" soundtrack)
In Your Eyes
(from "Say Anything..." soundtrack)
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