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Love Is (Love Is Not)

from Tangled Up In Love by The Hightops

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LOVE IS (LOVE IS NOT)

My pal Joey, I have known you for some tome
You are a good man with good dreams
Perhaps a bit naïve at times
You have been blessed with all the best the world can give you
And you accept it with the wonder of a child

But Joey, please remember, the bigger is the garden
The greater is the task at hand, pulling out the weeds
Lesser is the time you’ll have for other such endeavors
So be careful when you’re planting to hold back on the seeds

Love is, love is not a sensible emotion
Love is the passion in your soul
Love is, love is not a sensible emotion
Love is the passion in your soul

Love is not measured by the ring around your finger
Love is not physical, it is nothing you can hold
You cannot buy or sell or trade it like possessions
Love is measured by the passion in your soul

Now Joey, I sure hope that you won’t misconstrue this message
I’m happy for your happiness, and I envy you your place
My one concern with living up to expectations
Living right next to the Jones’s
You get caught up in the race

Love is not measured by the ring around your finger
Love is not physical, it is nothing you can hold
You cannot buy or sell or trade it like possessions
Love is measured by the passion in your soul
Love is not measured by the ring around your finger
Love is not physical, it is nothing you can hold
You cannot buy or sell or trade it like possessions
Love is measured by the passion in your soul
Love is, love is not a sensible emotion
Love is the passion in your soul
Love is, love is not a sensible emotion
Love is the passion in your soul

credits

from Tangled Up In Love, released January 6, 1991
Bruce Coughlan – vocals, acoustic guitar & whistles
Lou Iannone – acoustic guitar, vocals
Michael Kazepides – double bass, vocals
Lisa Lambert – drums & vocals
Mike Braverman – soprano & tenor saxophone, flute & clarinet
Guest Musicians:
Micheal Creber – piano
John Korsrud – trumpet
Linda McCrae – accordion
Robin Reid – percussion
All songs by Bruce Coughlan
Produced by Paul Hyde & Bruce Coughlan
Recorded & mixed at Creation Studios, Burnaby, BC
Engineered by Steve Smith & Dave Slagter
Mastered by Craig Waddel at Gotham City Recorders, Coquitlam, BC
except:
*When the Time Comes and No More You (1989)
Produced by Bruce Coughlan
Chris Nordquist – drums
Rene Worst – double bass
Recorded & mixed by Lou Iannone at Gotham City Recorders, Coquitlam, BC
Mastered at Little Mountain Sound, Vancouver, BC

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Bruce Coughlan Maple Ridge, British Columbia

Pacific Canadian-based recording & performing artist, Bruce Coughlan has spent decades making Acoustic Roots Music Music of all descriptions. An expressive singer and rock-solid guitarist, Bruce is driven by one guiding principle: It's all about the Song. ... more

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