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Love For What It Is

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Love For What It Is Lyrics

We had to work on it, baby
But we made a dream come true
You learned to live with me
I learned to live with you
Now we hold each other up
Yet we stand on our own
We look beyond our weaknesses
And we never stand alone

Seeing love for what it is
Not for what we want it to be
'Cause it's love that sets us free
It's love, it's love
Seeing love for what it is
Not for what we want it to be
'Cause it's love that sets us free
It's love, it's lovе

Well, the odds werе against us
Our love couldn't be defined
I wasn't the goddess of your dreams
You weren't the hero in my mind
So, we threw away the rules
And beneath it was our love
That would guide us thru the darkness
And help us rise above
Seeing love for what it is
Not for what we want it to be
'Cause it's love that sets us free
It's love, it's love
Seeing love for what it is
Not for what we want it to be
'Cause it's love that sets us free
It's love, it's love

We had to work on it, baby
But we made a dream come true
Now you see yourself in me
And I see myself in you
Through the windows of the world
We walk towards the sun
We can open up our eyes
And see ourselves and everyone

Seeing love for what it is
Not for what we want it to be
'Cause it's love that sets us free
It's love, it's love
Seeing love for what it is
Not for what we want it to be
'Cause it's love that sets us free
It's love, it's love
Seeing love for what it is
Not for what we want it to be
'Cause it's love that sets us free
It's love, it's love

Seeing love, love, oh, yeah, yeah
Love for what it is
You gotta have it
All you need is love for what it is
Not the love what you think it should be
Oh, love, yeah
The kind of love
The kind of love that will set you free

Yeah, love, oh, love, sweet love
Deep love, yeah, oh...
You gotta have it
Oh, you need it, yeah
Ooh, yeah, the kind of love
Make you free inside, oh, yeah
It's love, it's love

Seeing love for what it is
Not for what you want it to be, no, no
It's love that will set you free, yeah
Good love, sweet love, oh, yeah
Nothing but love, yeah...

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1987
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