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The Love Chapter

from This Could Be The Age Of Love by Ross Wright

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Ain’t it all for naught if it ain’t all for love?

(How’s it go?
Love is patient, love is kind
Love leaves all records behind
But if you’re keeping tabs hope the records will find
That love poured out of these records of mine, let’s get it)

I heard it once at a wedding
Things I could keep on forgetting
I look a little bit closer
Some of it’s kinda upsetting
How can I give love if it’s not love I’m getting
Ain’t it a gamble, never been one for betting
Man it feels like I’m wasting time, Otis Redding
Gotta get off the dock, I don’t think I’m ready

Then I heard in a song “ain’t it all for naught
If… it... ain’t all for love?”
If you love me back, it’s easy enough
But can i keep going when the going gets (tough?)

If we don’t agree, brother, can I give my deference
If we’re enemies then can you be my preference
Remember that thing ‘bout the good Samaritan?
The one who just kept on walkin, he was a reverend

So do I love people more than rules
Ideals v. humans, think i gotta choose
Could I trample a soul just to sample control
This ain’t a game, so I think I gotta lose

And the concept of giving up
Doesn’t make sense when you just can’t get enough
Cup runneth over but my neighbor can’t get a cup
Venti in my hand and it just ain’t big enough

Marvin sang it, “what’s going on?”
After so many years, such a knowing song
We listen but we don’t hear, we just go along
And we can’t make it right, when no one’s wrong

So let the fires of love
Let the fires of love, let the fires of love
Consume, burn up what we thought love was
Cause this is what we’re learning now
Idols over vitals, God, this is how we’re turning out
If we wanna be salt, we gotta turn around
So let... love… burn it down

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from This Could Be The Age Of Love, released July 26, 2019

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Ross Wright Richmond, Virginia

Ross lives in Richmond VA, where he writes pop songs about the human condition and the mysteries of love.

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