Been in pain and I've been in shame
But ain't love a (*##$
I been in fights, locked away for nights

But ain't love a (*##$
I been tailed, impaled, strung up
and nailed and left without a stitch

I been scratched 'n' taxed 'n' finally axed
But ain't love a (*##$


Oh I didn't understand till I was seventeen
She took me way upstairs and she wiped me clean
Oh I didn't realize she made a first class fool out of me

Oh Maggie if you're still out there the rest is history

You're all alone in the freezing cold

by the underground
Your hands are numb and you're feeling dumb
cos you been let down

You thought you were rough and kinda tough
and maybe out of reach
You're acting chic, playing hide 'n' seek

But ain't love a (*##$

Oh I must state right here I been there before

My eyes were closed and so my friends
I still don't know the score
Oh don't underestimate the strength of it

It may be unwise to !@#^yze even the cause of it

You're driving home late one night and on the radio

Comes an old familiar song you used to know so well
(you know a lot about that)
Oh I can't comprehend this thing called love

Maybe it's a matter of fact I just can't grow up
Deep down ain't we all a little juvenile
All I really wanna know is there one sweet angel

that can make me smile

Ain't love a (*##$


Torrential rains, wars and hurricanes
I wouldn't budge an inch

Your rent's unpaid and your team lose again
But ain't love a (*##$
You can lose your job, your home and your health

But ain't love a (*##$
Take it or leave it some day you'll feel it
'cos love is the (*##$


Ain't love the (*##$, ain't love a (*##$
Ain't love a (*##$, ain't love a (*##$

Ain't love a (*##$