words and music by Graham Nash

© 1975 Thin Ice Music (ASCAP)





Gotta make a love work out

before you get you got to give

Gotta make a love work out

before you die you got to live

If thatÅ’s what itÅ’s all about

then thereÅ’s nothing standing in my way

IÅ’m telling you all IÅ’ve got to be on my way



I used to keep on trying from day to day

to keep from dying and fading away

it seems like a strange thing for me to say

IÅ’m so tired of looking the other way

Love work out



You gotta make a love work out

ThereÅ’s no use hiding behind the clouds

You gotta make a love work out

I dare you to scream it right out loud

If thatÅ’s what itÅ’s all about

then thereÅ’s nothing standing in your way

IÅ’m telling you all youÅ’ve got to be on your way



I used to keep on trying from day to day

to keep from dying and fading away

it seems like a strange thing for me to say

IÅ’m so tired of looking the other way

So love work out





Drums:  Russ Kunkel

Bass:  Tim Drummond

Slide:  David Lindley

Warpath guitars:  Danny Kootch and David Crosby

Acoustic Piano:  Graham Nash

Organ:  Craig Doerge

Other vocals:  Jackson Browne