“The Book of Love” is a classic song written by Stephin Merrit and originally performed by his band The Magnetic Fields. James first covered the song during the recording of his live album Live At Whelans, and then subsequently released his take globally to critical acclaim.
The timeless song refle...
[Verse 1]
The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
Its full of charts and facts, and figures
And instructions for dancing
[Hook]
And I
I love it when you read to me
And you
You can read me anything
[Verse 2]
The book of love has music in it
In fact that's where music comes from
Some of it's just transcendental
Some of it's just really dumb
[Hook]
And I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything (yeah)
You can sing me anything
[Interlude]
Ooooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooh ooh
[Verse 3]
The book of love is long and boring
And written many years ago
It's full of flowers and heart shaped boxes
And things were all too young to know
[Outro]
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You want to give me wedding rings(x3)
The Book of Love was written by Stephin Merritt.
The Book of Love was produced by Marc Carolan.
Gavin James released The Book of Love on Mon Nov 28 2016.