The song’s title is perhaps a nod to the Chicago author and historian Studs Terkel, who said “the two prime impulses of the human, I believe, are love and work.” Jason Molina, also long-connected to Chicago, was a fan of Terkel’s, as evidenced by the photo below: taped to his guitar is the message “...
[Verse 1]
There are gaps between the light
And the dark road we are on
No gaps between what's right
And the need that we have
Somewhere under 6 A.M
There is the room and the event in this room
There is the dark
And these events in the dark
[Chorus]
There is love and work and lover's work
Love and work and lover's work
Love and work and lover's work
Love and work
[Verse 2]
And it took all of my strength
To ignore the need to stay
And it took all of my strength
To leave you either way
And we are constellations in our own way
And there are these
Three degrees of merit to us
[Chorus]
There is love and work and lover's work
Love and work and lover's work
Love and work and lover's work
Love and work
Love and work
Love and work
Love & Work was written by Jason Molina.
Love & Work was produced by Michael Krassner.
Songs: Ohia released Love & Work on Mon Mar 15 1999.