Love ain't a pretty thing

You can't just hide it away

Love it ain't a secret

You can't just lock it up and leave it 



If you wear your feelings

the way you wear your clothes

Maybe people would believe

in what you're saying,

Heaven knows, heaven knows 



And love, it ain't a silly game

Ain't a child you just ignore

And love ain't a loose end

you don't care to tie

anymore, anymore 



And how small

is my world

without you to hold

And how hard to know

How to get you to show

Your love, your love,

your love, your love, 



your love, your love,

your love, your love

And love it ain't a dirty mind

And love it ain't a guilty thing

It's more a picture of a beauty

Hanging on a good man's wall 



And love is a little word 

You heard a million times before

But I get the feeling

you don't hear it anymore 



And how small is my world

Without you to hold

And how hard to know

How to get you to show 



Your love, your love,

your love, your love,

your love, your love,

your love, your love