[Verse 1]
Brand new day, brave new man
It's a miracle what love can do
All the joy romance can bring
Come smiling down on a heart that's true
When love is real, you can't turn it around
It's like a river running down to the sea
This old world turns around for lovers like you
It's not the way love turned out for me
[Verse 2]
People in love build a house they can share
Takes a long time to get it just right
But a fire can start in the kitchen somewhere
And burn that little house down overnight
That flame burning bright in your heart, I believe
You turned it on just for me
Another man held that fire, burned our house to the ground
That's the way love turned out for me
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 3]
People turn out for the big show
Pretty flowers turn out in the spring
And the light turns out in the kitchen
When somebody pulls on the string
There's no light burning in my kitchen
And no doors open up with my key
Well I ain't got nobody to turn to
And that's the way love turned out for me
See I ain't got nobody to turn to, people
That's the way love turned out for me
[Outro]
That's the way
That's the way
Love turned out that way for me
That's the way
That's the way
I don't know about you but
That's the way it turned out for me
That's the way
Everybody know what I'm talkin' about
That's the way
That's the way
Love turned out that way for me
That's the way
That's the way
That's the way
Hello young lovers, goodbye
That's the way
That's the way
That’s the Way Love Turned out for Me was written by Dave Hall & Quinton Claunch & Ry Cooder.
That’s the Way Love Turned out for Me was produced by Ry Cooder.