Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
“The Book of Love” is the eighth song on Peter Gabriel’s eighth studio album, Scratch My Back. The overarching theme of the song is a holistic description of the human emotion of love.
[Verse 1]
The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts and figures
And instructions for dancing
[Chorus]
But 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 is just transcendental
Some of it is just really dumb
[Chorus]
But I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything
[Verse 3]
The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we're all too young to know
[Chorus]
But I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
You ought to give me wedding rings
The Book of Love was written by Stephin Merritt.
The Book of Love was produced by Peter Gabriel & Bob Ezrin.
Peter Gabriel released The Book of Love on Tue Oct 12 2004.
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