Lyrics Love Story - Tanita Tikaram

Love Story

You know it’s alright
Just to take me home
To your serious house
With your serious tones
You’re a serious man
With a serious smile
But the summer is hot
And I might surprise you
In a very short while
We’ll have left them behind
With their faces quite pained
As they try to remind themselves
Oh, it’s really so wrong
It’s really so out
And it’s really not cool
To take a young girl about
And I know the young man
With a century’s face
A philosopher king
He will try to amaze
With examples of love
And examples of hate
And to see them explode
We will just have to—
It’s a simple love story
It grows better all the time
You can tell me all about it
But first I’ll tell you about mine
You know it’s alright
To be trustful;
have tact
But the problem’s complex
When you keep holding back
We could talk for an hour
We could talk for a day
But the people we know
Will still have their say
Talk of such virtuous women
Talk of such noble men
But if I’m on the level
I have met none of them
Oh, I’ve met troubled people
With deep and dark thoughts
Who have hallowed my name
And sworn I will get caught
But why waste real feeling
And why waste our time
To let the earth bow
To no virtue of—
It’s a simple love story
It grows better all the time
You can tell me all about it
But first I’ll tell you about mine
You know it’s alright
Just to make mistakes
But to tail it with hurt
Is the gravest make
We all create lives
Which we don’t understand
But to point the accused
Is a job for no man
And we curse our own longing
And curse our own ways
I won’t be satisfied
With my soul that’s—
It’s a simple love story
It grows better all the time
You can tell me all about it
Now I’ve told you about mine