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All That Really Matters

I thought love served no purpose
I thought love was absurd
then you gave it a meaning
now I bless the word
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once I thought that love was just like lemon-curd
I thought love was just a stupid word
now it spells much better
each and every letter
now what really matters is
your love

once I thought that love was sickly-sweet and trite
more a sad affliction than delight
now all my affection
points in one direction
now what really matters is
your love

way, way up high, there were stars in the sky
I like a fool couldn't see
but I was wrong to believe in a song
sung like an old threnody

long, long ago when my brain didn't know
my deadened eyes didn't see
now crystal clear from a high chandelier
love beams its gleams down on me

once I thought that love was deeply unprofound
empty noise and irritating sound
now "them bad old blues" is
all romantic muses
now what really matters is
your love

now what really matters is
your love
your love
your love

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